"He definitely would," she argues. "He likes daozhang, but he's so messed up... he'd try to keep him to himself, he doesn't care about daozhang's will. Hurting is what he does."

This one... she couldn't believe he was so different. Not after that first night, never mind all of their interactions since. She pulls another face. "If I just say I'm someone he's wronged... there are so many, he'll have no idea." The stone wobbles in her hands, and she leans more heavily against Alice's side as she thinks. "I could say I was daozhang...!"