[There's a noticeable flinch at the former slave part, though very likely not for the reasons Yondu might think. She does wait until he's done though, and the first thing out of her mouth is an adamant, heartfelt:] It's not stupid, not if you were lied to - and lies of omission count. He used you. Don't ever think you were stupid for falling for it, because your not. My best friend, Erin- her mother did that to her for years. So... It's not stupid to act on what you believe is true at the time, even if it turns out it's not.
What matters is... is that when you found out, you tried to do the right thing, and ultimately you did. You protected that child from their father. I could never hate anyone like that because-
[She pauses here to take a massive gulp of wine.]I'm the Traitor in the story I told. The- no. Fluffy was created as an experiment to create a god-species pokemon. She was made as a tool- she broke free, and- 'I found her' is too light for what-
[Another gulp of wine, and by now, Eva's stare is someone recalling painful memories.] -what happened. I caught her and if anyone should be hated, it's me. She's sapient - the first sapient pokemon in 300 years- and I legally own her because without a 'ball's marker, she could be caught -and the Rockets would try, and I can't just- she's a child, a person, not a weapon, and Arkea's stupid-
[And that said, Eva proceeds to finish the mug of wine and curl up because she didn't mean to unload all that, but it's out there now, so she just has to deal with it.] I'm not a good person at all.
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What matters is... is that when you found out, you tried to do the right thing, and ultimately you did. You protected that child from their father. I could never hate anyone like that because-
[She pauses here to take a massive gulp of wine.] I'm the Traitor in the story I told. The- no. Fluffy was created as an experiment to create a god-species pokemon. She was made as a tool- she broke free, and- 'I found her' is too light for what-
[Another gulp of wine, and by now, Eva's stare is someone recalling painful memories.] -what happened. I caught her and if anyone should be hated, it's me. She's sapient - the first sapient pokemon in 300 years- and I legally own her because without a 'ball's marker, she could be caught -and the Rockets would try, and I can't just- she's a child, a person, not a weapon, and Arkea's stupid-
[And that said, Eva proceeds to finish the mug of wine and curl up because she didn't mean to unload all that, but it's out there now, so she just has to deal with it.] I'm not a good person at all.