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>Check Shaniqua's favorite place.
How quickly they grow: that is the though assaulting Marie. That, one day, she was the dependable old sister, the spare mother of the other three- and the next, she doesn't know what her little sister likes. Shaniqua hates school. Shaniqua likes jazz. That's it. There should be more- but where is it?
Right. At some point, her shy, lonely little sister developed. She stopped watching Dragon Ball Z with her. She stopped playing karate too. Drilling her brain, Marie tries to remember her sister's favorite place or at least where she hangs out- or anything at all about her. This mystery boyfriend of hers that she only scared the crap out of once; where does he lives? What does he do? Had my head, Marie thinks, been buried so far up my own ass all this time?
This... doesn't feel right. First order of events, Marie decides, will be to asses her own damage.
>Get to a secluded place and check my Soul Gem. That thing is going to be dark as hell after all this, I bet.
The ring on her left finger twists into an orange Soul Gem floating over the palm of her hand- which was already murky. Air escapes Marie's lungs when she decides that it hasn't grown any darker yet. Perhaps... perhaps she had been busy dealing with her own sorrow after all, all this time. Marie didn't neglect her sister to entertain herself... but to stay afloat.
>...Do I know Shaniqua's favourite place?
Yes; she does. The Soul Gem becomes a ring once more because Marie remembers that her little sister always sang the openings to whatever they were watching. And with what yen their Dad can throw their way... there aren't many karaoke places she could afford.
