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ce when I told him to sleep while I added

ed reddish-black colors in his eyes while he main

hat was," he finally said.

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answer while speaking at an

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, the tension between us stretched taut. He knelt do

e murmured. "But not

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countered. "You're too clean, too

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poke again. "Whe

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mile. "Let's call

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once. "No

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