[she feels a rush of deep, awful shame when she hears Al's voice. Al—who wanted to protect all of them, but who had let her and mami go anyway, with the implicit promise that they'd stay safe. That she, the stronger of the two of them, would keep Mami safe.]
[and she'd failed spectacularly, with the dead friend and bad drawings to prove it. She keeps the video on, but can't look at the camera or the screen.]
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[and she'd failed spectacularly, with the dead friend and bad drawings to prove it. She keeps the video on, but can't look at the camera or the screen.]
...No. I'm not hurt. I'm fine. [and mami isn't.]
Al, I should have—I didn't—... I'm so sorry.