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"I'm not going to force you to say anything," Mrs. Kenari gently prompted. "Whenever you're ready, we're both willing to listen. We understand if it's difficult for you right now."
I felt a dull ache in my chest. The last time I cried for so long, it had been two days after my father had picked me up from grandpa Genbu's house. All I had done was ask him to visit the elder Takiwa. However, Genbu Takiwa, the younger, adamantly refused. If I believed what he had rambled about while he