[Surprised by Lilia's disappearance and then the hug, Cater jolts slightly before his body slowly starts to relax again under the easy weight of the smaller man.]

...no, it's okay. I guess you might as well know.

[Everyone else that was here from NRC already knew about it. There wasn't much reason to hide what happened, even if he didn't like to talk about it.]

A few months ago, I went to bed with someone knowing that he'd be rough with me. After he had me restrained, though, he tortured me instead and left me disfigured. Someone used magic strong enough to heal me, but...I guess I'm still kind of messed up about it.

[It's beyond frustrating. He presses his knees a bit more closely to his chest. Why isn't he better? Why can't he just be better?]