Sunset Valley siúil a rún

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"Relax," Zamael said as she puffed herself up, rolling his eyes. "I'm not, like, gonna hurt you or anything. Just interesting to hear the language, is all." His face grew serious as she continued, mouth firming in a genuine frown. "That's rough," he responded, letting his emotions show in front of a stranger, for once. "I'm sorry. No one should be treated like a commodity."

He shuffled awkwardly, clearing his throat. "I'm, uh, Zamael," he said, looking down. "Sorry I'm being a jerk. Little bit of unexpected family trouble today." Understatement of the fucking year, right there. Also, Zamael apologizing for being a jerk? That was kind of like birds apologizing for flying. Why do it if it was just gonna continue?

Still, he should probably show some sort of civility toward the woman, especially after her story. He'd heard stories like hers before, and even witnessed some of what she described. Not being into women, himself, he'd never partaken of such activities--but had seen them, nonetheless.