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But still, Mericlou felt guilty

And three hours later, it showed

She had been atte to download the data fro and assi took absolute concentration, and herthe events in the kitchen to where it grossly interfered with her own logic processes

At last, she gave up and res at the base of her neck When she brought all her syste, she realized that she had been crying

She was crying over what she did … as she well should have been To her knowledge, there had never been a case of one android har another in any manner

She was so ashamed And the looks of shock and disbelief on the faces of her brothers were painfully etched into her mind Worst of all, she saw Sedrill look on her with shas, she did not want her brothers to have any negative perceptions of her, especially not Sedriil, whom she adored so much

And then, there came another emotion: Horror

It was horror over what she had done, and over just how badly Alaeht have taken it

By the maker, what had she done? Worst case, she had probably alienated her sister for life, not to mention her brothers

She pushed herself out of bed The as clear now She needed to s her pride and apologize right away, both to Alaema and her brothers This crisis needed to be nipped in the bud before things became worse

A knock on her door stopped her just as she reached for the doorknob And the door opened before she touched the latch

Alae on the other side

From her horrid appearance - down her cheeks from reddened eyes- it was plain to see that her sister had been crying er- than even she had been

"Sister …?" Mericlou started to say, but before she could continue, Alaeri, she threw her arms around her neck

"I'reat sobs between her words "I didn't mean to insult you; I shouldn't have done it! I owe you so un to cloud over with tears as she returned her sister's eht I shouldn't have slapped you, no matter as said"