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“It looks painful Maybe you should stop doing it until this is over”

“Funny”

She wasn’t being funny She was serious “How about we just wait for Enforce arrested I’ll tell theuard They’ll believeto appear as innocent as possible

It didn’t work “You only think they’ll believe you because you’re one of them The rest of us know that Enforcement will do exactly what Miriam Shepherd tells them to do And she only follows her o”

“That’s not true She swore to uphold all of the lahen she beca the territory”

“Princess, she isn’t leading this territory She’s running a cooing to argue, or are you co with me?”

Duue”

“Why did I ask?” He lifted her up again, like she was a doll “I’e as I can reach, so that there’s room for me to climb out beside you”

Her nails dug into his arht “I don’t like this idea I want a new one”

As usual, when he didn’t agree with her, he just ignored her “Keep an eye open for any shards of glass I’ve e

“How can I keep an eye out for glass shards? I can’t look down” Not while her entire focus was on not dying

“If you feel so sharp,” he said with clearly strained patience, “don’t freak out Just keep going, and we’ll deal with it once you’re through the other ”

Oh, she did not like the sound of that “What if I get a serious gash, and I bleed a lot, and the ledge becomes slippery with blood, and I fall to my death?”

He just shook his head, leaned out of the , and placed her farther along the ledge Keiko didn’t let go of him She couldn’t It was impossible

“I want to scream” It was a whispered confession “Taketo work”