[ Narmaya isn't a fool. The change in his demeanor, compared to the bright-eyed boy she'd known all those years ago, had been clear as day. She hadn't thought much more of it – after all, she's sure that she herself is hardly the girl she was back then, either. But now she starts to realize that this isn't just something on the face of it. There's a difference, much further down than Narmaya can see. ]
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