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The question made Fen smile impishly. Sugar's own face remained rather stony, not that her blind peer would know one way or another. She answered the question breezily, then of course demanded to know why Sugar asked. The corners of her mouth curved downward.

"I've never had one," she replied, "until now." She paused, not for effect but to swallow audibly. "It's hard," Sugar continued after a shaky breath, "especially because..." She felt her whole body thrumming with her ratcheted heartbeat. She wasn't even sure she should admit as much but... "It's... big."