[This was either one of the most irritating creatures she had ever had the displeasure of speaking, or one of the more insightful. Samantha could not decide which, and that fact had her teeth on edge. She reached up and tapped the button for video feed and her red-eyed, horned visage could be seen on the screen, growling, the staccato sound of tapping claws on her desk echoing before she spoke.]

What part of I'm a monster did you not catch? [A flick at a horn.] It's not that they won't accept me. Some of them are, at a risk to themselves no matter what I'm trying to do to help protect them. I believe that I will ruin their lives if they get too close to me, and that the only way I can have a modicum of happiness is to deal with someone that won't... that won't...

[She shuddered and collapsed into a heap. Somewhere from a mop of red hair the sounds of sobs could be heard.]