the reveal that the livestock cleo's mother put her in charge of was people... oh my god. heartbreaking. the sadness and guilt in their voice when they told pearl that they had killed people before. fuck me man.
also "sometimes vampires want to raise children. and so they get them" was so ? interesting use of verb there
all cleos lore drops this episode were devastating. subtle but devastating. the LETTER AS WELL??? i need to start transcribing all cleo's opening letters just so i have them, because holy fuck.
"monsters don't get happy endings. i don't deserve one. i stopped deserving one when i stopped fighting" <- sentences that cause 5 million psychic damage













