"You can't do this on a trial basis. That's only going to make things harder for her if it fails." Her words are more breath than voice now, and the firelight catches moisture threatening to become tears in her eyes. "Don't you know that's why I hate the Arlathvhen? I see those people who still think they're my family, and they want to make up for time lost, and I get to see how beautiful things would have been if they hadn't given me away."
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