[Around is probably much closer than Spain thinks it is. Slugger will probably be the first to notice the woman clothed in black silently standing in the entrance of the living room, by virtue of being Slugger. There is a flattened expression in her eyes.
Edward did not invite strangers over for drinks.
Humans. No matter how many times she bore witness to their shortcomings firsthand, no matter how she disparaged their blundering existences... there was a part of her that always put too much stock into them. That, too, must have been something she inherited from Grandfather. For this man's sake, for her own sake, but most of all, for Edward's sake... She hoped, for once, she was wrong.]
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Edward did not invite strangers over for drinks.
Humans. No matter how many times she bore witness to their shortcomings firsthand, no matter how she disparaged their blundering existences... there was a part of her that always put too much stock into them. That, too, must have been something she inherited from Grandfather. For this man's sake, for her own sake, but most of all, for Edward's sake... She hoped, for once, she was wrong.]