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Before she could open her mouth, he took a step forward, "When we got here, I asked you to not mention anythin' like the rumors. You remember how much shit I had to deal with." He breath was shaky and his voice was growing heavy with worry,}} | Before she could open her mouth, he took a step forward, "When we got here, I asked you to not mention anythin' like the rumors. You remember how much shit I had to deal with." He breath was shaky and his voice was growing heavy with worry,}} | ||
{{BookPage|"I ain't pissed at you. I just.. I just wanna know why you did it. Did I do somethin' to upset you?" "No." She finally spoke up, "I believed they should know some truth about you, I know that it is your nature to lie, for it is to protect yourself." She broke eye contact with him, glancing down,}} | {{BookPage|"I ain't pissed at you. I just.. I just wanna know why you did it. Did I do somethin' to upset you?" "No." She finally spoke up, "I believed they should know some truth about you, I know that it is your nature to lie, for it is to protect yourself." She broke eye contact with him, glancing down,}} | ||
{{BookPage| "I... Shouldn't have done what I did and I am sorry. I did not want the details to be exposed and turned on you." | {{BookPage|"I... Shouldn't have done what I did and I am sorry. I did not want the details to be exposed and turned on you." | ||
The silence sat between them for what felt like hours before Vanessa spoke up, “You know they would have found out eventually, they}} | The silence sat between them for what felt like hours before Vanessa spoke up, “You know they would have found out eventually, they}} | ||
{{BookPage| are resourceful. I believed I could persuade them to not believe such foolish rumors…” Germaine looked back at her and she looked at him, he was doubled and tinted green, a side effect of her biological tinkering. When he didn’t respond, she pondered,}} | {{BookPage|are resourceful. I believed I could persuade them to not believe such foolish rumors…” Germaine looked back at her and she looked at him, he was doubled and tinted green, a side effect of her biological tinkering. When he didn’t respond, she pondered,}} | ||
{{BookPage|“Is there a reason you didn’t tell them anything? Surely small details about the event would have spared some-” | {{BookPage|“Is there a reason you didn’t tell them anything? Surely small details about the event would have spared some-” | ||
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