“Will you show me?” “Show you?” “How to close it off. To shut it all down, so I don’t have to feel it anymore?” Sinners. I puffed out my cheeks, unable to look at him for a moment. “No, Carrion. I won’t.” “Why not?” He sounded like I’d just kicked him. “There’s only one way to learn how to endure pain the way I have. You have to suffer through it. Again, and again, and again. It galvanizes you. Tempers you like steel. But I wouldn’t wish the kind of pain I’ve lived through on anyone. I’ve borne it because I had to and for no other reason. Feel the pain you’ve been given, Carrion. Don’t be fool
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