Nico stared down at the floor as well, less because she was horrified by what Raph had said and more because he'd just bared something secret and personal to her and she couldn't reciprocate. She could tell him what had been done to her, but she could make her lips move to spit out what she'd done in retaliation.

She didn't think having evil parents meant you had to be evil. Her friends weren't evil; Molly was sweet and would never do the kinds of things her parents had done, Karolina and Xavin tried to stop a war their parents had started, Victor was doing everything he could to make sure he wouldn't become Victorious, and Chase had proven that the only life he was willing to sacrifice -- even to bring Gert back -- was his own. Gert hadn't been evil either, she'd been all too eager to shine a light on all of the evil already in the world.

Really, it was just her. There was something wrong with her.

"Well," she said finally, "if it's something you're worried about, maybe we can look out for each other. While we're here."