<span style="color: #0080ff">"Because I'm still nervous about this, all of this. I am patient but you have to understand my apprehension to leaving her like this. This my mate we're talking about here, not some frog for you to dissect and explore. How was I supposed to know?" </span>She flinched under Scholar's touch and let out a sigh.<span style="color: #0080ff"> "So many tests."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>