"I was too naive... Much like you right now." Yang was somewhat offended by that statement, but every bad feeling dispersed as he looked at Yin. She was trying hard to seem mighty and invincible, but still some vulnerability could be registered.

"I was too trusting towards the people around me." She blinked away some dirt in her eyes.

"I was too weak to accomplish anything."

The borders of the garden could now be seen and so they stopped in the middle of the road to prevent the guards at the gate from eavesdropping.

"The result was me being taken advantage of, used and then tossed aside as if I was some trash."

The last words were unconsciously emphasized by Yin as she felt self pity. Yang wanted to hug her so badly to comfort her, but didn't dare to do so. He wanted to share all of her burdens and if he disrupted her now, he was afraid that he might never have the chance again.

She took a deep breath as she continued.

"But now I know better. I know of how cruel the life can be, how two-faced others can be and how to become stronger in order to be what I want to be."

"Is that so?" Yang asked softly.

Her eyes glinted as she put on a determined look on her face.

"Yes. In the end, power is everything. With it, you can achieve anything and get whatever you want. With it, you can escape the doomed fate you where destinated to have and create a new one."

"Then you have already come pretty far. Among our piers, no one would be able to defeat you." He attempted to make her feel better.

When he saw that she was unresponsive, he threw out his biggest speculation before he would chicken out.

"When you said that you were used, did you mean..." He gulped before he continued.

"That you was raped?"