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The Maltese woman didn't react for a good few moments. Instead, Sarita took Cobra's words in, turning them over in her mind, a frown flitting over her face only to be replaced with a sympathetic look.
“And if you had the option to have all of this, to have everything our people have, even with its sacrifices, would that satisfy you now?” She clasped her hands behind her waist and started pacing a tight loop in front of him. “If someone today offered you the option to be fully accepted, loved, cherished just for being you and for being the able contributor you are, and you said yes, would you feel fulfilled? Or would it still not be enough, because it didn't come entirely from your own efforts?”
She craned her head down, looking at the floor as she walked, before fidgeting and turning back to look at her companion. It was obvious she understood the severity of Cobra's reaction, yet she clearly took 'dropping the act' very seriously. “I have a feeling that it still wouldn't be enough for you, somehow. You want what only others can give you, yet you've had so much decided for you that gifts inherently feel like a betrayal.”
