>>717642968
Alicia is the cause of her (and her mother's) misery outside of the canvas. She was disobedient and nearly got herself killed, killing Verso in the process. She tore the family apart. She got herself scarred. She got her brother killed. She deserves no sympathy. She MUST face the music and atone for her sins rather than escape into a fantasy land.
It must gall her on the inside that the 16 years she spent as Maelle turned her into a better person than she ever was in her original life. Maelle didn't fuck up and get others killed. Maelle struggled and bettered herself for the sake of others. Alicia's selfishness ruined her entire family. Maelle didn't have a family to speak of and ended up a better person.