Chapter 106

SINCE THAT NIGHT under the cloudless sky over a cliff with the woman I ought to protect, she became the changed woman that she promised, every single day. 

She can be far more than her old self, but there was more than her old self that was left - a mouthful of her kindness, her huge champ of jest, and crumbs of her merciful self.

For the past few days of bonding with her, being with her, and together with her alone, I had seen new phases of her, a brighter one, the truest of her where lying is the most hideous face. 

From the reckless Shanta to a more careful Shanta, she receives news like a porcelain jar, brittle and vulnerable, requiring gentleness and precision. 

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