Chapter 1174: Respite

He rather gently elbowed her off his ear... 

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Before slightly, somewhat shoot staring at their pitiful face... 

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"W-What?" 

"I got something on my hand?" 

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Slow twists of his head only served to bolster the feeling of metaphorical reach, right just between their two thoughts... 

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"You touched me?" 

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Alter quietly, but firmly, mumbled a response that fully confirmed, he was out of it...