[Kara's head jerks up at the taps. Her eyes are wide, she looks scared. What if it's Kilgrave? She can't handle anything else, knowing she failed him, knowing she ruined everything here...
Through the tattered lace of the curtains, curtains that were here long before Kara was, she sees Faith, though. And that hurts too - she cares about Faith so much, but didn't she fail her too? Over and over again. Faith suffered at Kilgrave's hand too, and Kara could have prevented that. She should have. Rao's sake.
She shouldn't let Faith in, shouldn't make her have to put up with this right now. Faith doesn't deserve that. But a very selfish part of Kara wants Faith around, so much, so she crawls forward on her bed to the window and carefully slides the pane up to let Faith climb in.]
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Through the tattered lace of the curtains, curtains that were here long before Kara was, she sees Faith, though. And that hurts too - she cares about Faith so much, but didn't she fail her too? Over and over again. Faith suffered at Kilgrave's hand too, and Kara could have prevented that. She should have. Rao's sake.
She shouldn't let Faith in, shouldn't make her have to put up with this right now. Faith doesn't deserve that. But a very selfish part of Kara wants Faith around, so much, so she crawls forward on her bed to the window and carefully slides the pane up to let Faith climb in.]