[She knows he figured. But she had been cowardly not to admit it before and try to just dance around it. ... She'd been cowardly about a lot of things before, or she wouldn't have avoided him for weeks after their encounter beneath the tree. She was still being cowardly, hiding under his sheets in his bed on the floor of his home, feeling relieved that no one would see how her fist spasms under his hand before she unfurls her fingers again and slowly slides them between his.]
Jinba foals can do much more than human babies.
[That much she knew.
Before he had betrayed Meridian (her)... Liem had read to her from The Book of Numbers. She didn't even know if he really wanted to, or truly enjoyed it. She'd seized upon it after returning the book to him out of fear that if she didn't tether him to her with some kind of obligation that their bond would dissolve without debt to hold it together, but...]
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[She knows he figured. But she had been cowardly not to admit it before and try to just dance around it. ... She'd been cowardly about a lot of things before, or she wouldn't have avoided him for weeks after their encounter beneath the tree. She was still being cowardly, hiding under his sheets in his bed on the floor of his home, feeling relieved that no one would see how her fist spasms under his hand before she unfurls her fingers again and slowly slides them between his.]
Jinba foals can do much more than human babies.
[That much she knew.
Before he had betrayed Meridian (her)... Liem had read to her from The Book of Numbers. She didn't even know if he really wanted to, or truly enjoyed it. She'd seized upon it after returning the book to him out of fear that if she didn't tether him to her with some kind of obligation that their bond would dissolve without debt to hold it together, but...]
... Is what you are reading now interesting?