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There came one of the people she loved. Had loved? Nazli couldn't tell how she felt now. She knew she felt betrayed. She felt stupid, for not having seen what was so obvious to everyone else. She felt small, too, in the sense that she was immature and foolish for her reaction.

Tavina came and Nazli wanted to send her away. That guilty thought lost out to the need to please, even now in her drained state. She dabbed her eyes with darkness and moved, though it was only perceptible as a sound.

Am I summoned? Nazli answered. She chose to ignore her mentor's concern for her; it was performative, she told herself - the both of them had their parts to play.