And if I told you this wasn't something I normally do?
[ For various reasons, perhaps the most significant of them being that any act which lowers her mental defenses so readily could enable something else to slip in and take over; it's why she has to exercise caution, why being at the fort had offered her a means of freedom, diminished as she was in her abilities.
Even now, lying here beside him, she's attempting not to believe that the worst could still happen, but she might be anticipating something that will never come to pass.
He mentions his hunger and she realizes it's been some time since she's eaten anything, but his suggestion earns him a confused look. ] Is that a dish you prefer, where you're from?
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[ For various reasons, perhaps the most significant of them being that any act which lowers her mental defenses so readily could enable something else to slip in and take over; it's why she has to exercise caution, why being at the fort had offered her a means of freedom, diminished as she was in her abilities.
Even now, lying here beside him, she's attempting not to believe that the worst could still happen, but she might be anticipating something that will never come to pass.
He mentions his hunger and she realizes it's been some time since she's eaten anything, but his suggestion earns him a confused look. ] Is that a dish you prefer, where you're from?