[Their throat closes briefly, and their eyes have to close too. It's hard to look at her when she's crouched there, trembling, and her grip on their hand aches but they let it remain. There are worse things. They've had worse hurts.]
We always have to. It's never easy.
[The people with that kind of power in the palms of their hands...they know they're not above consequences. They can't be.]
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[Their throat closes briefly, and their eyes have to close too. It's hard to look at her when she's crouched there, trembling, and her grip on their hand aches but they let it remain. There are worse things. They've had worse hurts.]
We always have to. It's never easy.
[The people with that kind of power in the palms of their hands...they know they're not above consequences. They can't be.]
But it isn't your fault.