[ There was a scratch on his arm; fresh. He'd gotten it when a Rubean had touched him without permission, bound him to Fifty until they made each other bleed. Noth saw it as proof that people here never did anything meant to be enjoyable to others.
He turned away more decisively now, embarrassed. 'She means no harm'. Noth had never seen it that way. Never felt it that way. No one touched him in good faith, but if that's how the scarred woman felt — ]
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He turned away more decisively now, embarrassed. 'She means no harm'. Noth had never seen it that way. Never felt it that way. No one touched him in good faith, but if that's how the scarred woman felt — ]
( I'm sorry. )