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[ Her sister always said she could be bitter — maybe the Lin of a few weeks ago would have held an intense grudge, would have purposefully made this walk as unpleasant as possible. But she thinks of the relief she'd felt when she'd forgiven her sister, and how lately, she's realized she's the source of her own stress and misery, a lot of the time. She can tell he really means it. She sighs, and closes her hand fully around it. ]

All right, if you say so. Thanks... really. [ Quieter, softer than she might usually speak. Then, she extends her free hand out to him — symbolically, of course, since he's still a huge fucking dragon. ] What do you say we finish this? Together? No more hard feelings.

[ Match or not — she's content. ]