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" she said. "You ignored me. You made m

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wide, golden,

ognize me. His hand gripped the a

t me," I

softened. The tension in his shoulders e

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replied gently. "

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looked drained. Not weak. Not

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ached.

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. "Yours is clearly... laden with suffering

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not s

rom my mouth before

one that had been store

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