Pretend Tough Girl Blues

Houquet withdraws from the group more and more, until she finally leaves during the night. Rey follows to see what she is up to. Stick knows that they left, but decides to let them go. Rey follows Houquet to a cavern that surrounds a city. Houquet is at home, through a series of flashbacks and conversations, and remembers why she left and the people that made her leave. Her days in a street gang haunt her, and she confronts the members of a rival gang who beat her severely. This episode is filled with excellent character development for Houquet, and some depth is added to Rey's character at the same time. Stick decides to look for Houquet and Rey, and ends up tangling with the Inbit. Once again, Houquet saves Stick from certain doom, and puts her abusers to shame at the same time. Rey helps Houquet to see her mother one last time, and they are on their way, and she makes a vow to herself to stay with the group of freedom fighters, who have become her family.

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