Perla's Perspective
"It's unimaginable for anyone to endure such a traumatic experience, especially at such a tender age. You bear no blame for what happened; the responsibility lies with your parents. They were meant to safeguard and nurture you, this was their failure."
He looked at me, his eyes wide and his mouth slightly open, and in that moment, I no longer saw him as a spider beastkin, but rather as a man who had been deeply wounded.
"You're...a rather unusual female," he said in a slightly gravelly tone.
I smiled at him. "I get that a lot.