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His voice was so firm that she flinched back from his stern tone. He gripped her shoulders and gaze down into her eyes. “I know I haven’t been showing it very well lately, but I really do care for you still. That means I don’t want you coming with me.” She opened her mouth to protest again, but he shut it with a finger placed on her soft lips. “No more arguing. You going back up there just isn’t a good idea. I can’t explain why I feel so sure about this, but I think your illness or whatever it is would just get worse.”
“I…I guess.” She hated to admit he was right, but she couldn’t deny that even the possibility of interacting with that creature again wouldn’t help her sanity. Her mind was already slipping into some sort of oblivion of madness. There was the problem of being l
