"What makes you think I should forgive him?" Duke Kleo squeaked in disbelief while devouring the flesh in his mouth. He repeatedly shook his head, as a form of disappointment he directed at Lyra. Why did she ask him to forgive a criminal? 'Moreover, he is her former mistress,' he thought wryly.
"Because you have a lot of work to do." Excuses are inappropriate and too compelling. "I told you, didn't I?" Shrug as naturally as possible. "I don't want you to do and think about unimportant things."
"This is important to me!" Sticking the tip of the knife into the meat sadistically, as if to represent it as her. "I can't let someone who trapped me and implicated me in an incident get away with it. His actions are not even unforgivable."
"Does it make you want to regret what happened between us?"
"I didn't say that," he shook his head in disbelief. "I never said I regret what happened between us."
