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she wanted to lean again, against the harshness of the rock, it's relative coolness. yet she remained upright, watching Rannoch and knowing, as she had when they'd first met, that there was something good about him, something she could trust. "my father's dead." flatly, then, a moment later, "and I've made so many mistakes." she didn't feel like attempting small talk, not now.