It took Jer speaking for Leila to realize how tense she'd gotten through the simple act of focusing on something in a way she hadn't before, and following that was the awareness it was indeed a tiring experience -- like she'd just gone on a run around the block.
"Yeah," she said, rubbing at her forearm where she'd been gripping it a bit too hard. "If it's about what you can will to happen, working with what you know struck me as the best idea."
drinks after ******** other ashdown," Leila growled emphatically into the hand she was resting her head on. "And ******** all the magic bullshit, but especially <********> that foot." Everything was terrible, and every hour of the past day she'd thought about how easier things would be if she'd not carried Heliodora's foot around with her like a ******** everything, Jer."
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noting here: this is a cutoff to redeem a point from this thread!
