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"You’re not hu What it means, to be hu to use that, I suggest you get on with it"

"Is that what you want?"

He angled his face toward the ceiling At the corners of his erlike incisors revealed themselves They were the teeth of a predator, and yet the face before her wasti about pretty s you did, the people you knew, the mistakes you made The books you read, the music you listened to, how the sun felt, the rain It’s all still there inside you But it’s not enough, is it? That’s the thing The past is never enough"

The sas still poised at his neck How si at her with an expression of perfect calm One swift blow, and she would be free

"We’re two of a kind, you see" His voice was placid, als lost"

Why hadn’t she done it? Why had she failed to strike? A strange immobility had taken hold--not a physical paralysis;of her will

"I have no doubt you’re ht about here, I think That should do the trick"

So All she had to do was pull back the sword and let fly, yet she could not make herself do it

"You can’t, can you?" He frowned; his tone was alrain after all"

"I killed Martínez I watched hi to hi to me The viral that bit you was one of mine Amy is but one part of you; I am the other You could no more use that sword on ured that out"

She felt the truth of his words The sword, the sword; she could not move the sword

"But I don’t think you came to kill me I don’t think that’s why you’re here at all I can see it You have questions There are things you want to know"