[ he's taken aback for a second, eyes wide and surprise plastered right across his face, it lasts barely a second before his brow furrows and he reaches out to take hold of her trembling hands. he's never seen her like this, she's always been strong through the few shitty situations they've been put through in the last few months. to see her crumble? shit. ]

Hey, hey...

[ dante takes both of her hands into one of his, the other reaching out to cup the side of her face, to make sure she's looking at him rather than anywhere else right now. he can, at the very least, give her something solid and stable to latch onto. ]

So the people who took you in turned out to be a bunch of assholes? [ no wonder she's reacting this way, a revelation like that can't be anything short of a disaster. ] Shit, Eunie, I'm sorry. But it's over now, they've got no one to send money or kids to anymore. We've cut the head off the snake, the body is going to wither away and die.

[ but there is that threat, isn't there? the possibility that someone just as crazy and cruel as wiessman might step up and become the head. dante's frown grows as he breathes out, trying to smooth out his expression into something a little more calming. ]