[While Clara had been warned about the consequences of abstaining, she was expecting a more obvious change. Instead, the heart suit had been affecting her emotions in little ways. Her emotions were becoming more heightened one way or another. Even the nerves she shows here are more intense than her stone-faced conversation at the juice bar.]
If I leave the set now, who knows what will come next.
[She could hope to dodge the whole thing, but... the paparazzi also doubled as outing her location. There were contracts that needed to be fulfilled. She might be able to buy it out but that would requiring relying on Charlie. And he would demand favors in return.]
I can't simply hope for you to rescue me.
[That would be silly, after all. The two of them, running away from an oppressive force, hiding from the cameras and pressing their bodies against each other as they tumbled to the forest floor together. Completely ridiculous.]
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If I leave the set now, who knows what will come next.
[She could hope to dodge the whole thing, but... the paparazzi also doubled as outing her location. There were contracts that needed to be fulfilled. She might be able to buy it out but that would requiring relying on Charlie. And he would demand favors in return.]
I can't simply hope for you to rescue me.
[That would be silly, after all. The two of them, running away from an oppressive force, hiding from the cameras and pressing their bodies against each other as they tumbled to the forest floor together. Completely ridiculous.]