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“Celeste.

I don't know how long I was off the earth, but I was. Kaanadan's last words still ring in my head and I feel a strange sensation. I shouldn't have accepted that. I crossed the limit.

I can't look at him, but I feel his hand on my chin and lift my head until my eyes are in line with his.

"I can't..." I finally say.

His hand lowers and only his eyes hold my head up and my eyes fixed on his.

"How can you not accept my world, your world, the world we grew up in...

— And that I don't want to live! “The short. — Do you know why you don't mind living in this world, Kaanadan?

“Because I accepted.

"No." I shake my head. “You don't mind living here because you're free to do anything. You might as well walk out of here and run a company, you do that. You can even study. You can go around without a thousand people on your tail. You are free to do whatever you want here. Or are you going to say no? Her face hardens, all that light look gone seconds ago. But I don't shut up. “Now