Khem settled in the car, strapped in by sheer instinct then rested her forehead on the dash, "yes. I have...encountered such reactions before at the clinic but not..." with her friends. Her kith. "I had not wished to trigger him, my apology..."

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Beryl bit him again, arms tight around him, "you stopped them babe. I'm not going ANYWHERE without you okay?" EVER. Fuck that. "Wasn't getting on a plane, but you showing up was...better." She knew that.

She could have stopped that.

It would have...hurt.