Rosalie shook and turned her head to look at the adjacent wall. It was too difficult to see him like this, so earnest and kind, while he lacked the context for how to actually soothe her fears. Perhaps it would be best for them both for her to request another ministry official, someone she could at least look at without this agonizing ache in her chest.

"Will you abandon those of us affected if the solution proves difficult?" She asked suddenly, still not looking at him. After all, he had given up on himself, proving he had a threshold for how challenging a task could be before he washed his hands of it.

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