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"I was seventeen. I didn't know what I was doing."

Aila took a sip. The liquid burned a path through her silence. MissaX.21.02.12.Aila.Donovan.Kit.Mercer.Slide.P...

"Why then?"

Kit wiped water from Aila's cheek. She didn't pull away. "I was seventeen

"I know."

She sat beside him. Their shoulders touched. It was the first physical contact in seven years, and it felt less like a spark and more like the slow, steady warmth of a banked fire. " she said. "On go."

"No," she said. "On go."