[ venus watches dispassionately as emotions flicker across jennifer's face - shock, confusion, sadness? it doesn't really matter. she'd just get it wrong if she tried to guess what to say based on that anyway. so instead she says the first words that come to mind, tired and upset for jennifer and upset at her too. ]

Then you probably had pretty shitty friends. [ don't say "if any," don't say "if any-" ] I mean, if you had any? Maybe you didn't. I'm not judging. You, I mean, I'm not judging you. They sound like the literal worst. Fuck offffff.

[ she's not making much sense, and she knows it. but- even like this, as drained and tired and unable to pretend she knows how emotions work as she is, she just wants jennifer to not look like she kicked her puppy. ]

You don't have to respond? It's just, I don't know. The truth? You seem like the kind of person who got yelled at for a lot of things that weren't your fault and I hate that that even happens.