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"It kills me that you think you have to be perfect for me to stay."

"I don't want to fuck this up. I've fucked up just about every other good thing in my life and I— I can't do it again."

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"You can't just give up."

"Why not? You do it all the time."

"That's what I do! You're not supposed to be like me. You're supposed to be the one who kicks ass and saves the day and makes everything better just by showing the fuck up."

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"You're not taking care of yourself."

"I don't see how that's your problem."

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"Fuck. I didn't know they'd be here."

"Hey, easy. Remember to breathe."

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"I cannot believe you."

"Can you not scold me when I'm in the middle of saving your life? It's a little ungrateful."

"Ungrateful?"

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"We had somewhat of a sibling rivalry growing up."

"'Rivalry' is a soft term for it."

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"Your lies end here. I won't listen to them a second more."

"What is the truth, then? Why don't you tell me. I'm anxious hear what stories the others have spun you."

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"Your reliance on magic is pathetic. Can you even dress yourself without it?"

"Mhm. Undress, too. Care for a demonstration?"

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"Your father left you a sizable inheritance on the condition that—"

"Don't care. Don't want it."

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"I want you to come here and be with him. I'm— I don't have much time left. I don't thinks he's prepared for that. I worry what he'll do once I'm gone."

"Of course I'll be there for him. We all will."

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"You had another vision? About what?"

"Doesn't matter. Let's just focus on the matter at hand."

"But what did—"

"There's nothing we can do about it, alright? Put it out of your mind. We have bigger things to worry about."

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"This wedding is going to be a disaster. The bride and groom both look miserable."

"Be quiet! The alliance is on shaky ground as it is. It won't survive if this marriage falls through."

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"I told you. I told you not to get involved."

"Stop talking."

"You think you're above emotional investment, fine. But we both know that man is your Achilles' heel. I told you getting involved would end with you getting hurt, and where are you now?"

"I said stop talking. I'm fine."

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"I regret the way I treated you."

"Okay. You regret it. How does that help me?"

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"You can't be serious. She tried to kill you!"

"She also saved my life. It cancels out."

"It absolutely fucking doesn't."

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"I can't see him. I'll say something stupid and embarrassing, like, 'How could you come into my life and teach me how to live again, just to leave me? How do you expect me to live without you now?'"

"That's... a lot."

"I know it's a lot! I'm going through a lot right now!"

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"I see. You want to owe her."

"Do I seem like someone who enjoys being in another's debt?"

"Oh, I think you despise it, which makes it all the more telling. You need this. You need the fact that you don't kill her to be a favor you owe her. Otherwise, it would be too obvious it's something you just don't want to do."