We aren’t captives.
We aren’t lab rats.
We aren’t unloved or unlucky.
We’re angels.

Nina saw the whole world. But I saw underneath it.
I was pressed down like coal.
I suffered.
That's what an angel is.
Dust pressed into a diamond by the weight of this world.
You crushed me before I had the chance to become anything.
You crushed me. But you didn't destroy me.
I died and came back to life with something you'll never have.
You have violence, and terror, and loneliness.
I have power.
We have faith.