[She rubs her face. It hurts. Realizing that so many people in the multiverse are such heartless, stupid jackasses hurts.] I used to hang my hopes on the idea that most people were nice, that they were just uninformed and didn't understand, and that they'd care if they knew. Now I realize that most of them just don't give a fuck. I'm sorry that you got caught by that too.

I guess for a long time I had to sit there alone fighting with this feeling that people didn't care because I'm not worth caring about. I mean, if even your father and your brother and the guy who claims to be in love with you, and pretty much everybody else, don't care even when they should and you're obviously in need of help, it's hard not to blame yourself. But that's my realization. I'm not the bad or unworthy or undeserving person in this situation any more than you are. The people who stood by are bad and unworthy, and their opinions aren't worth shit.

The only thing I can do is not to try and earn people's love and support. It's to understand that I have to look after myself, and that ultimately I can't depend on anyone else to do that. My dog is worth a hundred Magnetos. I learned what love and loyalty are from the furball, not from anybody else. So I can't expect it from anybody else. I have to be loving and loyal and protective of myself. And I have to strive to be a better person than all these shitheads who claim to be heroes, but fail completely at being compassionate and taking action.

[She swallows half her mugful to try and hide her unhappy expression.]