[ Whatever could have happened to him, to take it all away? An accident? Or did he destroy it all, as she once did?

She could say she has no more family, and they are buried because of her, but what of her friends? New family. And yet, her given name and family name mean something. Not because it was bestowed by her parents, but because it is the one she chooses to keep. ]

Yes.

[ Amunet. There is no one around to call the name, but Vanessa dares think it, and so the cobra in her soul stirs. There's a tickle in her ear from its kiss.

Again it sleeps. ]

But you are the only one who can free yourself from such confinement. Your name is not your master, but your power.