[ The obsession can't be helped. Pai is -- always has been -- his Be All and End All. With her in his sights, everything else fades to white-noise and backwash. But despite his impatience, a fragment remains alert enough -- human enough? -- to be aware of Yin. His hand closes on hers, perhaps too firm (when has he ever been good at handling anyone tenderly?). But there's a purpose, a message, implicit in the way he squeezes it. ]
[ He's glad she's here. And while she is, he's not letting her go. ]
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[ He's glad she's here. And while she is, he's not letting her go. ]