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As he spoke, she only listened to his words no longer analyzing his movement or his tone, convinced that what would come from him was sincerity and truth, and that was all she needed to hear. At the end of her question she had grown tense with worry, yet the anxiety had long since dispelled as he spoke his truth and assured her there was nothing to fear. But she would have been a fool not to caring a slight suspicion which remained carefully veiled by a kindly smiled.
“Then I have but one question for you,” she said at last, perhaps the only question that carried any weight in the decision that permitted him sanctuary and a home. “Have you ever taken another’s life? Be it out of retribution or vengeance… have you taken a kindred’s life from this world?”