[Written]

[A brief smile on the other side before she resumes writing.]

Well. Being alone in here isn't

[Smart? Convenient? Useful? Good?]

healthy.

[If only the Spartan could tell her why. Two people now know, though...

A pause as she filters the signal.]

[ENCRYPTED TO VALVALIS // EYES ONLY]

The reason for me not being too social goes a lot further. Outside of the people of my unit, I never really had friends.

[Fancy wording to mean: I was either considered either a hero or a monster by everyone but Spartans.]

It enraged me when they had given me a fake family in place of my real one. But no one I got with was a bad person. Maybe these bonds just felt too fast.