[On the same side. Right. It would be better to find a way to close this connection, before she managed to find him out. But it was also tempting to use it as he'd wanted to originally, as a way to reach her, spy on her, get the truth through to her. Of course, she was taking his directive to let go now, of all times, which might not bode well for how well he thought he could manipulate her.
Honestly, he had very little hope of that. She was naive, but still defiant in ways that he envied.]
We can't start over. [He was still a monster; that much she'd been right to insist on before.] But we can... start somewhere.
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Honestly, he had very little hope of that. She was naive, but still defiant in ways that he envied.]
We can't start over. [He was still a monster; that much she'd been right to insist on before.] But we can... start somewhere.