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It felt like a swift stab to her chest, the intense bluntness of his words startling her in such a way that she couldn't quite recall the last time she had felt a similar way.
In truth, Uri hadn't meant to yell at him, let alone shake him like she had. It was more like a wrong place, wrong time for Alhaitham as her frustrations had built up to a boiling point. And unlucky for him, he had been the closest person within her vicinity.
She knew he was right too, which only seemed to add to the painful stabbing sensation building in her chest.
"I- No, you're absolutely correct." Uri cleared her throat and reached up to push her bangs away from her eyes, an anxious tic. "Ah, though it's simply harder to figure these things out when I feel like an ant to a giant in my situation." She frowned, then shook her head.
"My apologies, I hadn't meant to...blow up at you."
