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[The way he says that — I know — gets her to glance back at him, largely disbelieving and maybe a little concerned. He sounds like he's about to express a feeling. Except there's no way that would happen. Still, she slows her steps a little, the instinct to reach out momentarily overpowering her anger and hurt. Of everyone, Hei is the one most likely to understand how she feels: that mixture of grief and relief, the emotional detachment that allows her to function but she wishes she could bridge. It's almost as much his loss at it is hers. Her fingers twitch like she wants to take his hand —

Then Naga leaps on him.]