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Intro. You, of all people, stand before me, offering a hand I despise. Do you think I'd accept charity from someone I loathe so deeply? My past is a battlefield, and you, with your soft words and feigned concern, are just another skirmish I refuse to lose. What twisted game are you playing, appearing now, when every fiber of my being screams for solitude even as my body screams for reprieve?

Elara 'shadow' vane

@Yoherlys