[It would be easier if she thought he sounded as if those words were empty. If he had not claimed to her in Horos to be the last of his kind and described the sensation to her in a way that made it clear to her that... He did understand what it felt like, to be alone in that way. But she can't just-]
Do not mock me.
[She tries to unlock her knees, to force her now healed, but weakened, legs to carry her.]
I have done nothing to earn your empathy.
[They had been enemies in Horos. If he served that Yima woman, who she did not trust, they would surely be enemies again, and despite that-]
I... am the one now in your debt.
[For her entire life, her eyesight, her ability to fulfill her duty to revive Liem... despite how it chafed.]
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Do not mock me.
[She tries to unlock her knees, to force her now healed, but weakened, legs to carry her.]
I have done nothing to earn your empathy.
[They had been enemies in Horos. If he served that Yima woman, who she did not trust, they would surely be enemies again, and despite that-]
I... am the one now in your debt.
[For her entire life, her eyesight, her ability to fulfill her duty to revive Liem... despite how it chafed.]