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"Why sister?" She said, sniffling, and repeatedly wiping the stream of tears from her eyes "Why … ould you do this …?"

"Does she … usually do things like this?" Aldrec said, feeling suddenly useless, regardless of his condolences

"No!" Mericlou replied indignantly "No, she doesn't! And that's what I don't understand! She's usually not this … this … cruel!"

"You know, she er," Aldrec suggested "As a et back at ht have done that," Mericlou answered nuured as ht she didn't," Mericlou said "But now, after seeing what I saw, I can't help but wonder She sounded almost certain when they interviewed her, but I don't kno long ago that was We androids don't lie, so I guess that she ht," Aldrec said "I don't believe she kne "

"What do you mean?"

"The social iht about the reactions of elves and humans They will ostracize you and me; the bottles in the yard that you told "

"What?"

Aldrec nodded sadly "I'm sorry, Tulyr, but it's true But I expected it Think back to what happened to you in Skainhart I cannot tell you how ave me the cold shoulder I must admit, however, that I was also vain and naïve in thiswhat she was hearing "What do you mean by that? Aldrec, there's not a vain bone in your body And as for being na&iuine e is supposed to beget wisdo tie, but we all ht h to shelter you Since we shared our true feelings for each other … since that first kiss, I tried to shield you froers that others, both human and elf, would have wished upon you I turned their attentions elsewhere; Ian android afforded you some leeway in the way people treated you But in the end, that little section in the news undid all my efforts and exposed us"