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2024-10-29 19:42:56"I was not hurt in the battle and am not wounded now." There was a certainty in her voice the captain recognized, but the fact that she was speaking through gritted teeth made him doubt her words. Then he realized that she was using her own voice, not that of Victor. Now he knew something was wrong.
"Then sit down and tell me why you are moving like your insides are trying to come out!" concern would have been evident in his voice if she had not been too distracted by pain to listen.
"Have you forgotten that I am female under this disguise?" she asked him as she sat down like he ordered.
"I wish I could, but that is hardly the point right now."
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