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[synanthrope]

[There's crying, here.

It's a woman crying, a woman who does not realize she's being recorded on audio.]

I don't think-

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

[There's no one else speaking, and then the sound of a door opening, and a very low kind of wail - not loud, just insistent.]


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[intheblanks]

[And another of those long, quiet pauses.]

You're [He can't bring himself to say it's] not evil. I wouldn't be here if I thought that.

[torqued]

[She laughs a little-]

At least I know you're not in it for the emotional detachment.

[intheblanks]

[Honesty? Honesty.]

It helped for a while. Then somewhere along the line I became an achilles heel.

[torqued]

Thank you.

For falling in love with me. Even though you know.

[intheblanks]

[His fingers brush against her side where his arms have settled round her, painting patterns.]

Your secret's her, her secret's you. It took knowing both those things. After that? It wasn't hard at all.