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Although she wanted to answer his question, she couldn’t bring herself to talk about it right now, not unless she wanted to risk breaking down. She didn’t, so Meerkat threw Gunnar a tight smile and shook her head, hoping he understood.

It was much easier to focus on someone else’s strife. She listened attentively as he told her about fighting for a good cause. He mentioned that he had fought a youth, which made her brows raise inquisitively. But Gunnar stopped there.

What happened, exactly? she whispered, then thinking about her own problems, she added, You don’t have to tell me if it’s too painful to relive it. But if he did want to get it off his chest, Meerkat would most certainly bend an ear.