[He nods. Still doesn't look at her, though this time not because he doesn't want to but because it hurts, thinking about Barron.]
You got every right to.
[There's no forgiveness because there's nothing to forgive. She loved him - loves him. Cassel knows better than anybody that loving someone is one of those things that sticks like a burr and gets right under your skin. You can't just brush it off, you can't just make it go away.]
[Lila will never leave him, and he knows now that really, whatever that was, it wasn't love. He can't imagine what it's like for Daneca, knowing now what Cassel's done and coming from a place where Barron's dead by Cassel's hand.]
[It's bravery or desperation or some fucked-up combination that's got her here at all, after that.]
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You got every right to.
[There's no forgiveness because there's nothing to forgive. She loved him - loves him. Cassel knows better than anybody that loving someone is one of those things that sticks like a burr and gets right under your skin. You can't just brush it off, you can't just make it go away.]
[Lila will never leave him, and he knows now that really, whatever that was, it wasn't love. He can't imagine what it's like for Daneca, knowing now what Cassel's done and coming from a place where Barron's dead by Cassel's hand.]
[It's bravery or desperation or some fucked-up combination that's got her here at all, after that.]
I miss him too.