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No.  She answered sharply.  Then she stood and took a step away, facing his direction with a slightly affronted posture.

I'm not the one who needs anything.  She added, hating every bit of the surrender she read in his words.  She hadn't been pushing for him to roll over.  They didn't need to answer this now, but now she thought she knew him a bit better.  And she'd finally seen a side she didn't particularly like.

He said he was a fighter, but apparently he wouldn't bother for his own happiness.  Instead he was going to push it off on her to figure it out?

Just think about what you want.  And see what everyone in Mereo has to offer when we aren't fighting.  That's where I'd start.  She was still visibly bothered, but relented a little as she finished.  There were some things she wasn't going to be able to help with, but she did want to help.  I'll think about it too.  Healing covers more, but it still means all that matters is training and skill.

Maybe that was the Mereo he wanted.  Personally, she thought it could be more, and she meant to push him on it if she needed to.  It bothered her deeply that he seemed to only be here out of a sense of responsibility.  For some reason she'd thought Mereo meant more to him, but now, she had to wonder if he truly cared about anything.