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“I’o, Calliope, but I pretty sure we are not a good model for it,” I whispered, despite the fact that she could not hear me “In fact, I think we are a bit toxic” I was silent for second as I tried to piece ether “Or maybe it is just me After all, a ht?”

“I alanced over to her “You are not a man…you are Ethan”

“You weren’t unconscious?”

“I was But I recover fast,” she whispered “Lots of practice”

I frowned at that but said nothing

“So, you changed your verdict I’uilty?” she asked

“You are guilty, you are innocent, and you will not speak So, I punished you according to each,” I muttered

“Ethan, the wise,” she said then coughed Lifting her head, she placed it on my chest

“Calliope, the shrewd,” Imy arm around her

“I don’t like shrewd That sounds so negative”

“I know”

She gruy to look at et lost in the sight of her again However, the woet into my head

“Close your eyes if you want to Choke ht if you e…toxic or not…bad or good day…betrayal or no betrayal…I’ to love ment”

Whenup, I brushedit behind her ears

Wasn’t I angry at her?