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"It does," the Alpha female agrees. It hurt like a bitch. Her eyes would tell that tale for many months, perhaps even years. Saena's eyes have ever been the windows into her soul, and they betray all the hurt and upset she's ever felt in her life. Much of her behaviour, harsh as it can be at times and rash as it may make her, boil down to being hurt by one thing or another. Even she no longer realizes how deeply affected she is by it all.

"Love can be a wonderful thing," she counters, "but it can also be a deadly thing. You needn't swear off it to be safe from it, and perhaps some day a boy will sweep you off your paws without your even knowing it," here she pauses, and acknowledges in a brief moment of clarity that the advice she is about to offer is advice she has never once followed, "but take your time with it, whatever you must do. Don't get swept up in it like so many of us do, or it might leave you burned."