Some years had passed since I was born and Rei would have a couple more little girls to look after. Initially, she was skeptical, as, before, Mama often had miscarriages, along with the fact that she had much difficulty conceiving, thus I was special in that I didn't die before I was born, as far as I knew. Rei did state I was special, however, Mama started to have miscarriages long after I was born. She never did tell me why that was, although, I figured Father didn't want any more children, a thought I couldn't dwell on too much, as it frightened me of its implications. Usually, Rei would warn me of thinking like that but she didn't, although, she did tell me to not let them drive me to madness.

In that note, as I remembered about Mam's miscarriages, I remembered how her dresses and makeup covered up her bruises. The ones on her arms and face, I couldn't see but the ones I did see were on her legs, particularly her ankles and calves. I was never allowed to ask why she was covered in bruises or why, at some point in time, I wasn't allowed to ask about her bloodied white dress. The very white dress she had tearfully burned and it was her favorite dress. She burned it until it was nothing but ashes in the fireplace. I always supposed she burned it because blood cannot be so easily washed out of a white dress but the real reason was far more deeper than that and I had thus reason to be frightened by the implications. I was told they loved each other, a lie that I had so naively believed.

Anyway, Rei was proven wrong in her skepticism, as Mam really was going to have a baby, and, for once, in a long time, I had seen her, with a large belly. Some time, afterward, Mama can home with a pink bundle. A baby sister, to whom was named Ryuuko or, as she was called, "Pidge." Like me, Pidge was raised by Rei, who resolved to raise her alongside me. Some time after Pidge was born, Mam was pregnant again and gave birth to Nui. She's got a nickname, too, and she was dubbed "Finch." By then, Rei had three little girls to look after, Pidge, Finch, and me.