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[She goes still, finally looking up at him, her eyes clearing. Those words -- what she'd always wanted to hear, but never felt she deserved.] Aidan...
[Before she can properly reply, that unfamiliar rush of violent anger rushes through her anew, inexplicable in the wake of his kindness. And she tears her gaze away, remembering exactly why she was undeserving of such words.] You can't help me. No one can. I just need to do what I have to do and then --
[then she'll be gone, and there will be one less dangerous monster in the world.]