“I didn’t think it’d end up like this. It just feels like I screwed up. Walked into a path that I thought would be good for me, and... ended up being bad, but now I’m too deep into the woods to turn around.” Marigold pressed her head into the glass panes of the window like she always did in the dreary winter days of dark clouds and snow. “She’s going to kill everyone, and it’s all my fault.”

Bamboo suddenly felt guilt ram into their chest as they realized that they had blamed Marigold for something that she never chose. Marigold hadn’t chosen to do this out of cruelty, she was just... looking for them.

And they blamed her for it