<span style="color: #ff0000">"Why wouldn't I accuse you? You know claim to know my past, why wouldn't I expect the worst from you? Karren is a mage, she's a scholar by trade." </span>She shook her head and looked down, but kept her back to him.<span style="color: #ff0000">"Why should I? I can't kill you if you hurt me, I have no recourse if I open myself up to you and I regret it. Ras would care if you expressed your interest in these books, he wouldn't understand but he'd try for your sake." </span>Karrie turned around after a moment and shook her head again.<span style="color: #ff0000">"I still don't understand why. Karren is much better off, she's kinder and has a family for you to spend time with."</span>She pointed to the bracelet on the ground and a succubus picked it up and offered it to Kalian.<span style="color: #ff0000"> "I don't like being confronted by a child... You can stay here... as long as you want, with me. But if you do hurt me like everyone else has, you know what will happen, don't you?"</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>