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And it was Death itself who stood behind me, with his arms wrapped around me as tight as iron bands, and his lipless mouth kissing my neck as if in love. But as well as the horror, I felt a strange longing. — Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace
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OFFALLENANGELS / 2022
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⠀⠀⠀⠀Which affects the development of a child more: nature or nurture? It's an age-old question that divides scientists and psychologists. It's a question that Kalloya Zoldyck is utterly incapable of answering. She isn't sure if the helixes of her DNA are made of razors that force her to cut flesh wherever she goes. Perhaps, it was coded into the fundamentals of her genes that she be a knife. Or, maybe the rough hands of her parents forcing poison down her throat as she choked on both pleas for mercy and the broken pieces of her childhood made her the vicious person she is today. They could have been the ones to take their malleable daughter and forge a blade. She'll settle on saying it was a combination of the two if asked.
⠀⠀⠀⠀She can confidently answer that she has always been more weapon than a girl.
⠀⠀⠀⠀Kalloya isn't unique in this regard. No, every member of her family is a weapon in their own right, down to her youngest sibling, who is only ten. But this is not surprising. Each Zoldyck child exits the womb as a promised assassin, their training beginning as soon as they are born. What surprised everyone was her decision to leave the family business and abandon her legacy by taking the Hunter Exam and disappearing for years. The great potential Zeno and Silva swore she had to become the family business heir vanished as soon as she left Kukuroo Mountain.
