It was only a day before Puella called on Jade again. Once again Peter led him to the room and Puella and Jade both sat at the table. Although Puella still had the same cold unfeeling look she seemed somehow different. Jade had stopped hating her. He realized now that she didn't know what she was doing. She didn't know anything except what she had learned within these walls, which wasn't much.
Jade watched Puella as she nibbled on a scone, wonder how he should word his next comment.900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hLdVE87s3
"Puella," He started. "You know what we were talking about yesterday, about when you get angry."900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYWHEEsw7D
"Yes," She replied.
"Well, I just though you should know what actually happens to those people." He said nervously. "They die."
"What does that mean?" She asked curiously.
"Well," Jade though a bit about how to explain this. "It means the don't get back up again. When you do that you're really hurting them."
Jade could see the thoughts forming in Puella's head. "I don't want to hurt people."
"Then you need to stop doing it,"
"I don't know how,"
Jade thought for a moment. "Well when I get upset sometimes I hum a song my mother used to sing to me before she died."
"How does it go?" Puella asked.
Jade hummed the song to Puella the way he had countless times before. In his head he could hear his mother singing softly along. Puella closed her eyes as he hummed the gentle rhythm, rocking back and forth with the beat.900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOO30Ytkry2
Then the song ended.
"I can teach it to you if you want." Jade responded. "And maybe it will help."
"I hope so," She said replied quietly, more to herself than him.900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ueDVhmkdN
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That night when Peter came in to bring Puella her supper she was sitting by the window again. Peter walked in slowly and put her meal down on the bed. Once again she spoke.900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbBjUq2Jxl
"Peter?" She said.
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"Are you afraid of me?" At that point she turned and looked straight at Peter. His fear overcame him for a moment but then he looked down at Puella's little face and in that instant all his fear disappeared and all he saw was an innocent little girl.900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5H7fD51tY
"No," He replied.900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfindzasKbW
Puella smiled, "I'm glad."900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pzLIj6ebA
Then she turned around and Peter left. From that moment on Peter was no longer afraid of Puella.900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6PEp4yJN3
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Jade sat at one end screaming across the table at Puella. She trembled as she hummed his mother's song. Her irises swelled and shrunk rapidly as she struggled to control them. Suddenly her face shot up and her eyes filled with red. Jade felt the familiar faint feeling he had felt several times that day and sighed deeply. He stopped shouting.900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoTFHc01nO
"I'm sorry," Puella said. "I'm trying very hard."900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZniFmoOCxY
"Well you have improved quite a bit." Jade said. Puella however looked at the ground in shame.900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtupdtUWEiM
"I don't want to do this anymore." She said. "I'm tired,"900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMctQGDVh5
"Okay," Jade said. He was running out of ways to provoke her anyways. "We'll try again another time."900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGXoLTgMTI
He got up and started to walk away to get the guard waiting outside the door, when suddenly his foot caught on the leg of the table and he fell. He felt his foot twist as he fell hard onto the stone. He yelled out in pain. Soon he felt Puella's small hands on his shoulders.900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBECtXO2Gn
"Are you alright?" She asked rolling him onto his back. He sat up holding his breath. His ankle throbbed. He reached towards his ankle. Puella moved over to investigate his ankle. Jade let out a puff of air as she touched it, sending stings down his leg. At first it was only the touch of a curios child but before long his ankle was cupped in her tiny hands. Suddenly the pain ceased. Jade looked from his ankle to Puella. She had a look of concentration on her face, her eyes closed. She opened her eyes and looked at Jade.900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yDu1gbBTJ
"What did you just do?" He asked.900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtpmEiXuDB
"Did it help?" She replied. "I do that to myself when I get hurt."900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4x0XBZRJ5D
"Don't you realize how amazing this is?" He asked her with a smile.900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsxpC9XwSo
She gave him a puzzled look. "Can't everyone do that?"
Jade looked down, thinking. "Everyone hates you because they think you can cause nothing but harm. If they knew this it would change everything. You could change the world, help people."
Puella looked at him, confused at his excitement.900Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpHIhatCfP
