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“I don’t want them both here if they’re going to argue. I don’t feel like I have the energy for it.” She slows down to a walk, looking frustrated. “It always feels like they have something against me, and it just further makes me feel like a burden, especially since my limitations bother everyone else just the same.” She suddenly feels her previously injured ankle weaken lightly as she stepped on a patch of ice, slipping suddenly and landing solidly on the frozen ground. She holds herself up on her hands and knees, looking at the ground in annoyance with herself. “Stupid ankle. If I’m really this powerful goddess they claim me to be, why am I so weak?” She looks up as Vicious had rushed over and helped her stand gently, holding her in his arms with a gentle touch.
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“They both make this venture so tense. What really happened between them to make them this way?”
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“Why is he so angry at me? I didn’t do anything did I? Or does he just not want to even be around me?”
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“There’s something familiar about him... Why is that?” She shakes her head in an attempt to regain her focus. “You shouldn’t touch me...” she whispers with difficulty, her hands moving away from him and closer to herself uneasily.
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“Will this be the same as the last one? Will it try to reject me too?”
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“I can’t... I can’t keep letting him touch me like this if it hurts him...”
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“It was nice of him to tell me about the Emperor. But a bit sad. I’m not sure if I can ever return those feelings...”
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