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To his reply, she had the intention to chuckle, but the sound that came out from her were more akin to nervous laughter in an attempt to shake off her failure. She got distracted, just as she was currently distracted from looking at him to have her eyes lingering on her hand lightly shaking, an aftermath of the adrenaline wearing off. “You’re being awfully harsh. You got yourself in this fucking mess. It was hard to even pull you out of it.”