the thing abt winterhawk is that its two side characters who have never done anything but survive trying to be people. they were never really kids in the way kids are supposed to be and its not their fault but they'll never have it back. neither of them have had a proper family in years and now people keep trying to help them and they dont know how to be helped. there is no peace with company but there is no joy alone all there is is masks and makeup and mirrors. and under all of it there’s nothing and under that there’s an unproductive rage that's mixed irreparably into their veins. how are you supposed to talk like a person. how do you walk outside without crying. how can you just fall asleep at night without wondering if you're doing it all wrong. how do you take your coffee. is this how you say i love you. I can't tell if this is all fake or if it's all been stripped away and everything is painfully incomprehensibly true.