The dridder continued to ponder about what she should do. She could tell him the whole truth and that she was not only a dridder, but half human. However, she continued to think that the human would think she was a freak if she told him and a new fear came to her mind. What if he didn't believe her if she told him the truth. She looked exactly like a giant dridder and according to those who have seen her, she appeared to be one hundred percent giant dridder. The human before her might not believe her at all if she told the truth. As she continued to wonder whether to tell him about the half human thing, she knew that she had to at least tell him some of the truth to make sure he didn't run away. If she told him that she was sad because she was lonely and everyone thought she was a monster, he could believe that, even if she was a giant dridder. Being lonely was a logical reason for being sad and the human could feel sorry for her even if she didn't tell the whole truth and just said she was a dridder and nothing else. She knew that she had to try and say something to convince the human. Maybe this could finally be the human that would be her friend. Maybe this would be the human that finally cared about her and would help blow away her loneliness.

The fifteen year old human continued to stare up at the giant dridder with petrifying fear that kept his body from moving at all. This dridder was right in front of him and could easily just bend down and pick him up. He could try to run, but he knew that despite the dridder's massive size, it was fast, too fast for him to get away if it wanted to chase him. However, as the teenager looked up at the giant dridder before him, he studied her face. The human had to bend his head back nearly all the way just to see the dridder's face, but he continued to look at it anyway. The dridder was deep in thought and she continued to have those sad ruby eyes of hers. Upon seeing those eyes, some of the human's fear was lifted away from his mind due to her sadness, but in no way did all of his fear go away. Being so close to a 130 foot tall dridder was still an extremely frightening and intimidating sight to behold.

The human waited for the giant dridder to answer and when she didn't answer for a long time, it worried him and he wondered why she was taking so long to answer. Eventually the human spoke up again, "Why are you so sad?"

The dridder looked back down a tiny human on the floor in front of her. With her excellent eyesight, she was able to see the details of his face and could still see fear in the boy's eyes. There was something else in those eyes, hiding behind the fear, but it was the fear within his eyes that she paid attention to, because it was human fear that was the cause of her loneliness. So, she didn't see the curiosity or the actual concern in his eyes, just the fear. The dridder could feel her tears coming back and she looked up while looking away from the boy on the ground. "Because I... I'm a monster," the dridder muttered.

Maybe if dridder had been human sized, the boy wouldn't have caught what she had said, but since she was so much larger compared to him, he heard the words very clearly. It would take an extremely quiet whisper to keep him from hearing her. At first, the human feared the dridder more because she had called herself a monster, but then he was a little confused that she had called herself a monster. Being a monster was one thing, but when one believed they were a monster, it meant something else entirely. "Why do you call yourself a monster?" the human asked becoming more confused with every sentence that pours out of the giant dridder.

"Why wouldn't I? I am a monster, aren't I?" the dridder grumbled. The dridder continued to look away. Her tears were becoming more and more difficult to hold back.

The human could tell that the dridder was becoming upset by calling herself a monster. The human wondered and realized that monsters, true monsters, didn't see themselves as monsters. However, this one called herself a monster for some reason. It meant that either she was really a good creature that thought she was a monster or maybe was a monster but regretted what she did. Either way, this dridder might not be as bad as they say it was. The dridder didn't eat him after all and let him go. It was the human who decided to follow her. He then thought back to how she was saddened when she saw him frightened. Did she become sad because he thought she was a monster? "Are you sad because I'm afraid of you?" The human asked.

The dridder didn't speak. She just nodded and sniffed a little while wiping her eyes. "Is that why you call yourself a monster?" the human asked. The dridder just continued to look away and she nodded again. "Why do you care what humans think? You're a giant dridder," the human argued.

"Because humans are my only hope of friendship," the dridder replied. This was very hard for her to say and she had to force it out of her lungs.

The human was more confused than he had ever been before and questioned, "Friendship?"

"I've been alone all my life," the dridder admitted with difficulty.

"Why?"

"There are no other dridders in this place, only humans. What did you think I was when you first saw me? What did you feel?"

"I... I was scared."

"You thought I would eat you. Every human I encounter thinks that, no matter what I do. Now do you understand why I've been all alone?"

The human couldn't believe it. This giant dridder wasn't a monster at all. She was just very lonely and no one could fill that void in her. "But don't you have parents?" the human questioned.

"My father abandoned me and left me to fend for myself the night I was born. I've been alone all my life," the dridder told him. The dridder was definitely crying now and could not stop.

The human couldn't believe it. What was supposed to be a monster was actually crying in front of him. She was not at all what he expected. He felt sorry for the dridder. He couldn't stand watching people cry and now this giant 130 foot tall female dridder was crying because of her loneliness. Because of this, the human's fear for her nearly all washed away. He felt the need to help her. "Why would your father abandon you?" the human asked.

The dridder was surprised to hear actual concern in the human's voice, but she continued to look away. Should she tell him the truth?