No, it's all right. [ she shakes her head, voice calm. ] I'd have said the same thing myself.
[ her past that's been dragged up from the bottom of the sea, the horrors she'd seen and encountered. no one else has to see that, and even then, she's more or less defeated her inner turmoils and should be able to move on from all that on her own terms. besides, hardly anyone is that eager to share their sordid backstories, and perhaps the gentleman in front of her must've committed a grave sin of his own as well.
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[ her past that's been dragged up from the bottom of the sea, the horrors she'd seen and encountered. no one else has to see that, and even then, she's more or less defeated her inner turmoils and should be able to move on from all that on her own terms. besides, hardly anyone is that eager to share their sordid backstories, and perhaps the gentleman in front of her must've committed a grave sin of his own as well.
regardless, she gestures at the unmoving tower. ]
Please, go on ahead.