There was no need for words; but still, she felt she owed him an explanation. An explanation besides ‘it was our duty’, because that’s all that it was, wasn’t it? And it still didn’t seem like a good excuse. “I….we didn’t exactly plan for it to happen.” She began tentatively. “But it was always the goal in the end, I suppose.” The silence was deafening. Usually the silence that settled between them was natural as breathing, but today it was fraught with tension and Adrienne didn’t know what to say next.

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