[Aiden sighs and mutters an apology, feeling a little like he's being a dick]
[it's understandable maybe, though. much as he was expecting something terrible to happen when he crossed the border, there was also something like hope there. no one hopes for something bad to happen, after all, and maybe, just maybe, since everything looked like it was normal, it would be. so much for that idea, and the idea that he's safe so long as he stays put really isn't helping. he's still the monster he fears]
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[it's understandable maybe, though. much as he was expecting something terrible to happen when he crossed the border, there was also something like hope there. no one hopes for something bad to happen, after all, and maybe, just maybe, since everything looked like it was normal, it would be. so much for that idea, and the idea that he's safe so long as he stays put really isn't helping. he's still the monster he fears]
[he'll try and get over that. again]
[he'll at least change the subject]
Who's the Iron Witch?