XI

I've said bad things, sometimes when I'm upset and the anger consumes me from within.

Gal and I have argued a few times. Her nature which is always strange and makes anyone's head shake makes it a little difficult to give peace, but I have lived with her, have memorized very precisely with all her habits. When she's angry, I'll just keep quiet because it's useless to persuade her, she'll always avoid everyone, and it's likely that the hostility will last longer. So what I always do is just silence her until she comes to me first. If I'm wrong, I'll apologize when she calms down, and if she's wrong, then she'll act normal after shutting me up. She would never apologize, her inflated ego being a factor. But I can see what she's doing, that's enough for me.

Like now, I wake up and clean myself first before I go down to the main floor for breakfast.

My parents were already there, along with Carl, Pascha and Gal sitting at the table—eating their breakfast—accompanied by the stiff conversat