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"Maybe," said Pendour with a small smile. "I can breathe underwater." She couldn't help but hope that it didn't come to that, though. Her thoughts also trailed off to the monster's misty woods, and for some reason she couldn't imagine things going so much better for her even if they'd found themselves at a seaside.

Instead of lingering too long on distant possibilities, she took the physical piece of paper that the agent was offering her, but she did not look at it. Not yet.

"I don't know if it's safe for us to meet as civilians before you're free," she said quietly.

Pendour might take certain risks, but after everything she'd seen from the Negaverse, she wasn't naive. Her identity was something she was being more careful with.

"I'll be around, though, okay? I'll keep looking for you, so that we can have conversations a little at a time until you feel ready."

She stepped away, a little sad to leave him like this, but still wanting to respect his wishes.