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After she spoke, Lila left the corridor with a slight smile, leaving Farosa standing there alone. The words Lila had said reverberated over and over in her mind like a millstone, grinding her emotions into even finer pieces with each turn.
Now, Lila made an even stronger, more proactive, and more dangerous impression on Farosa, a difficult feeling to handle, not like the methodical metal Witch she had been before.
Swallow it, swallow it, Farosa told herself.
