[Is he sure that wasn't the shard of asking too many questions instead?
Rue sighs. If she is meant to be different here, or to try to be (what good is trying if you know you will never succeed?) then she ought to answer him with the truth. No matter how deep it cuts her to bring it forth.]
That's... [Her throat closes around the words almost at once. To look at him...he would never know if she lied, not right now.]
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Rue sighs. If she is meant to be different here, or to try to be (what good is trying if you know you will never succeed?) then she ought to answer him with the truth. No matter how deep it cuts her to bring it forth.]
That's... [Her throat closes around the words almost at once. To look at him...he would never know if she lied, not right now.]
That is what I tell you.