[SE] the sound of all things good breaking

NOE

So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames

Koa's hollow laugh should have been indication enough that things were about to go south quick, but a part of Noe still held onto the belief that she could convince him he was wrong. That the Family in general - and Vox in particular - weren't as bad as everyone made them out to be. Look at her: she'd started her own business and made new friends and was just generally thriving. Maybe, if she could just make him see...

But alas, it was not to be. She scowled at him as he called her infected again, then went on a rampage against the Family - against her friends - that should probably leave her shaking in her boots but instead only fueled her own fire. She laughed, the sound hollow and perhaps a touch cruel. "Oh, is that what this is about? That Dahlia came in and took charge when Sohalia left? Well, who else was there, Koa? I didn't see anybody else stepping up!"

And as for the rest of it, Noe shook her head. "They aren't weird infected monsters, if you give them a chance, they're actually nice!" she insisted. "I've been to Starfall and seen them up close, and there wasn't a scratch on me. How do you know that people didn't just attack them, and they acted in self-defense?"

You can tell me when it's over
If the high was worth the pain