22:43] "I am." She says. "In my mind. I am alone. Because. No one knows how I feels." There is a lot of resentment within her heart. To be turned away by her parents - to be lost within the wilderness, starving...Hungry. And then viciously attacked by those within the mire. She finds it terribly, terribly odd at how so many unfortunate things happened so quickly and yet...She's here. Here to prove otherwise.

In the end, it goes to show that someone like Rufus, who, although clearly, has some type of hero complex, can easily change the life of someone like her by caring. By saving little children. By saving people. By saving....Others who hardly want to save themselves. It makes her smile and laugh...Although, it begets the question to herself.

just what are you fighting for?

She allows the question to hang for the moment. "Everything. And. Every. One." She murmurs, followed by a mere wave of the hand. "...By any means necessary. Even if it means that I must sacrifice myself to end all - I would. I will." She would not let her life be in vain. She would give everything she could. And more.

And more.

"By any means. Necessary. If it is revenge that motivates you, so be it. But, I will cry. bite. claw. and fight for everyone. even You."