[She had practiced this, she had. It had seemed sensible and ready before she greeted him. But now, when she thinks to say it "out loud"... Both the things she intended to tell him sound so absurdly impossible that she feels like an idiot even believing them.
She just "stands" there, longer than she'd like, before finally managing-]
... It seems I have been rewarded for my service, as you were.
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She just "stands" there, longer than she'd like, before finally managing-]
... It seems I have been rewarded for my service, as you were.