[ His hands tremble again. She doesn't know. She doesn't understand. She can never understand. She must NEVER be allowed to understand what he is.
... ]
...do you want to understand?
[ There's a low growl to his voice this time, and if she bothers to glance up at him again, he'll see that his glare is far more fierce than it was before, yet... paradoxically enough, calm.
Out of everything he's ever said before, the question he asks her now is the most important so far. ]
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[ His hands tremble again. She doesn't know. She doesn't understand. She can never understand. She must NEVER be allowed to understand what he is.
... ]
...do you want to understand?
[ There's a low growl to his voice this time, and if she bothers to glance up at him again, he'll see that his glare is far more fierce than it was before, yet... paradoxically enough, calm.
Out of everything he's ever said before, the question he asks her now is the most important so far. ]