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Lifa: So, then, you didn’t do… “”that””… right off the bat. You escalated. But so did they.
ರೃ Lucinda: I don’t care if they suffer or not. I simply did not want to be their prey.
Lifa: Can’t you see a pattern here? In all of those things that happened?
ರೃ Lucinda: Yes. My enemies kept getting stronger.
Lifa: Any /other/ pattern?
ರೃ Lucinda: Do not mince words around. If you have something to say, say it. Do not waste my time.
Lifa, you, and most of the girls on your shoulder betting for your failure all roll their eyes at once. Nope; she doesn’t see it. She can't see it with those sapphire eyes. That’s just how Lucinda Newhorn works. Don’t ask a fish to fly.
Lifa: Lucinda; have you considered letting them defeat you? At least a couple of times?
ರೃ Lucinda: They want me dead.
Lifa: Hmm, yes, you are right; at this point, at least. Maybe if you had let them win a few times before they would have been satisfied with that and called it a day. I think that people fear you when you show yourself strong- and the stronger you look, the more they fear you, and the more they want you. Does that make sense?
ರೃ Lucinda: You speak in riddles all the time.
Lifa: Let me put it this way, then. If you have had a boyfriend, the other men would have no reason to keep pestering you. You’d be just another pretty blonde, not the top prize of the game.
ರೃ Lucinda: I don’t want a boyfriend.
Lifa: Really? Don’t you like any guy out there? Any girl, even?
ರೃ Lucinda: I hate everyone.
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