Perhaps a completely unrelated statement, all it takes is being fed up to regain control of your life
Maybe, just maybe, that is exactly what would have happened with lily. That is the only thing that could encourage her to free herself from the negligent oppressions of her stepfather's. But yet she didn't have the strength to do that. it had been robbed away from her. her mind was systematically wired only follow the commands that were given to her by step dad's. and no matter how hard she tried she could never bring herself to say no or to fight back.
When she approached the city of the Year who had continued to beat quickly. she was healed and yet she had come back to the various source of her injuries. car problems. and she was ready to get hurt again. to be broken again. as long as it meant the connection was still standing. that she had family whether or not it was toxic.