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conversations.value:  Manaria grabbed me by the collar, pulled me up, and shoved me against the wall. "If you know Claire so well, why aren’t you running to be by her side?!" Manaria’s brown eyes burned with anger.
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conversations.value:  "You defeated me, Lady Manaria. I have no reason to stay." I said, tears forming in my eyes.
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conversations.value:  Manaria’s face grew even harder when I said that. She was beautiful, with her clean-cut features, but her eyes were cold and full of rage. "You’re giving up just because of that?! Your love is that weak?!"
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conversations.value:  "How can you say that?! It was you who took Miss Claire away from me!" I grabbed Manaria’s hands and tried to pry them from my collar, but she wouldn’t budge.
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conversations.value:  "I took her from you? No. You gave up. You ran away."
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conversations.value:  "I didn’t want to give up! I never wanted to run away! If it weren’t for you, I—"
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conversations.value:  "Nope." Manaria lowered her voice a notch. "Even if I never showed up, you would have given up on Claire eventually."
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conversations.value:  "You have no basis—"
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conversations.value:  "You don’t need to be rewarded for your love. You said so yourself. You just want Claire to be happy."
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conversations.value:  "What’s wrong with that?! Why can’t I want the person I love to be happy?!" I activated my water magic, striking Manaria with icy stones. Caught off guard, she let go of me and stumbled back a couple steps.
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conversations.value:  "And nothing in return?" she asked. "How very noble of you. You sound ready for your sainthood."
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conversations.value:  "That’s not what I meant!"
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conversations.value:  "Of course not. You’re afraid of being hurt. You can’t let go of the hope that someday Claire will love you back—so you gave up before those hopes could be disappointed. Your escape was assured."
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conversations.value:  "No!" Though I denied her words, deep down inside, I wondered if Manaria was right. I loved Claire. That truth had never changed. But I wasn’t so confident I was content to receive nothing in return. Didn’t I want Claire to smile at me? Didn’t I want her to hold me? Didn’t I want to kiss her? Didn’t I want her to love me back?
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conversations.value:  "No matter how much I want it, it can never happen! Miss Claire is a girl. We’re both girls! And she loves someone else."
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conversations.value:  "So, you’re not even going to try? You’re going to settle for a one-sided relationship? How long do you think you can keep that up?"
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conversations.value:  "That’s enough for me. I would stifle any feeling if I was doing it for Miss Claire!" But even as I said that, something screamed in my chest. What I really wanted—
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conversations.value:  "It’s impossible. A relationship like that would be a lie that would never last. Do you want to know how I know? Because I’ve been there." Her mouth twisted with self-loathing.
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