[ He's not sure what answer he wanted out of her--maybe he hoped, for just a moment, that she'd say something cruel or vindictive, as was well her right, and Lavi could close the chapter on this relationship. Reestablish it as a business transaction, favors traded for favor.
But she doesn't, and whatever strange, self-defeating hope he'd harbored is replaced with a sense of relief. ]
It means I'll never interfere.
[ This time he holds his hand out, palm open, an invitation for hers. ]
Not as the villain and not as the hero. I'm not part of this story.
good, same
But she doesn't, and whatever strange, self-defeating hope he'd harbored is replaced with a sense of relief. ]
It means I'll never interfere.
[ This time he holds his hand out, palm open, an invitation for hers. ]
Not as the villain and not as the hero. I'm not part of this story.
[ Or so he thinks. ]