Downtime

[Erremnart]

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"You... this... you want to pay out of your own pocket? Do you know how expensive this is?", she asked him two more questions and remained leaning against the living room wall, watching him with her eyes and started thinking out loud, "You want nothing for my accommodation, you want nothing for my very expensive drug, you want nothing for help... Don't you feel a little used?".

She looked out the window briefly at the simulated night in the Fort Ramsey before turning her gaze back to him, "You say I'm not a damsel in distress, but you treat me like one. Everything just... lands in my lap. Little effort, all I have to do is to ask for it.".
She wrung her hands and closed her eyes for a moment to calm her thoughts. When she opened her eyes again, her gaze wandered towards the metal case lying on the coffee table in front of Morreti. Instead of reaching for it and finally lighting a cigarette, she just remained leaning against the wall and closed her eyes again.

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