“And you’re no longer worried I’ll run away?” “No.” “Wait – Why not?” Alizeh stopped in place. “You should be a little worried, at the very least.” “I’m afraid that’s not possible,” he said, finally turning around to face her. “For I’ve recently deduced that you’re quite charmingly pathetic.” Alizeh stiffened, shock and outrage awakening in her body. “How dare you,” she said, drawing herself up to her full height, her fists clenching. “I am not pathetic –” “I have a theory,” he said, cutting her off as he walked backward to the door, “that if I were badly wounded, you would help me. True or
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