[She shoots him a flat look at that last bit, but her voice is forceful.] I'm not going to compromise.

[There is a pause. Lapis looks again as though the words being pulled out of are is a downright physical discomfort.] I know that some people managed to come from situations even worse than this and all, but I don't care about them. I've been through worse too. Before I got dragged here, things were finally getting better than they'd been in so long, and now I'm just... [Her shoulders hunch defensively, and she wrenches herself to turn at least partly away.] Back to being hurt and angry all the time.