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“Do you trust me?” “No. But that’s irrelevant.””

“Youth, Rin thought, was an amplification of beauty. It was a filter; it could mask what one was lacking, enhance even the most average features. But beauty without youth was dangerous…”

“But the misery she felt now was a good misery. This misery she reveled in, because she had chosen it for herself.”