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[helsmaiden]

[Leah sits on the bed which she never uses, using magic to hold up the device (as may be evident from the slight greenish tint around the edges) while holding in her hands a small, icy heart on a chain.]

I do not understand the purpose of this curse. Am I meant to feel ashamed that my heart is so cold and small? Are the cracks I see within representative of heartbreak? Once again, this City baffles me.

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[doeswhathewants]

[Peering over her shoulder.]

Looks like a diamond.

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[helsmaiden]

[Ugh, Loki! Get away from her heart! She slips the chain over her head and tucks the heart away.]

Well it is not one.

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[doeswhathewants]

[But Leah, he just wants to touch it.]

Leah, I won't break it. [Grabbing her around the waist.] I promise.

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[helsmaiden]

[She struggles against his hold for a moment before relenting.]

Fine. You may look. [She pulls it back out. It seems slightly wetter and smaller than before.]

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[doeswhathewants]

[His grip on her tightens, then relaxes.]

Leah...is it melting?

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[helsmaiden]

What? [She stares at the heart. The small cracks within seem to have gotten wider.]

What do we do?

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[doeswhathewants]

It's cold, yes? Put it in the freezer. See if that helps.

[He unwraps himself from Leah and rises, ushering her to the kitchen and flinging open the door of the freezer.]

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[helsmaiden]

[She follows, placing her heart in the freezer and closing the door almost all the way, staring at it through the crack.]

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[doeswhathewants]

Has it ceased melting? [Trying to look into the freezer around her head, then over it, then giving up.]

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[helsmaiden]

I cannot tell. Perhaps we'd best leave it for a while. [Except she seems too nervous to move.]

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[doeswhathewants]

We ought to stay and watch, in case it gets worse.

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[helsmaiden]

Very well. [She peers into the freezer. Suddenly something occurs to her.]

Do you have a cursed heart as well?

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[doeswhathewants]

Yes.

Uh. If yours melts, you can have half of mine?

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[helsmaiden]

[Somehow relieved by the prospect, Leah turns back to the freezer.]

I think... I think it's smaller! Does that look smaller to you?