Lily looks her in the eye only a second, instead looking away quickly, choking something back and just pulling one hand back to cover her mouth. "I know. I know that! I've heard it from everyone, and yet- yet I..."

She looks back at the creature again, and her grip tightens a little more. "That doesn't- that doesn't mean I know how to deal with this..."

She wants to run right now. So badly. She wants to run and flee and hide in her room and hug Winter and not talk about her problems.