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and again, somehow, he managed to cut through to her worry. she had something to live for, promises and bonds that were the very opposite of the wild uncertainty of her youth. "then I am scared,"  she responded, the admission heavy for the prideful girl, for surely fear was a weakness. "of failing, of losing."  She fell silent as he seemed to press against her a fraction; if her sitting had been the equivalent of clasping hands, then perhaps this was Adi drawing her close again, somehow.

  "you'll have my honesty, Aditya. that I can give you, should have given you." she was fearful of appearing weak, unable to provide and unable to do what she must and loved, of failing. but she'd already done so, in a way, and now that that fear had come to pass she could not think of falling down the same path that had led to it in the first place.

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