Kuronue's legs buckled and he fell to his hands and knees. He was accepting it wasn't he? He'd been dealing with it his whole life. He'd said it before. Why was it so hard now?

He'd been...

He'd been raped. Over and over.

He knew that. He damned well knew that. Saying it to Yukimura, it had been fine. But to Kusuriyuri...somehow it was more true? More true?

"I was..." Say it. "Raped." Say it. "By Mother, Nanosuke," and the others, "Tokaiji, Hei, Sou," he couldn't remember the others, "Kurama, Akabane..."