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Connor took a moment to answer, giving her hand a squeeze"people are unpredictable. Just when you think you have them in a box, they will slip out, shock and surprise you. But yes, the fundamentals can fit into a box. Ah hell, you can't predict what people will do, can't predict everything, and for the love of god, don't tell Austin I said that or he won't shut up that he was right. You're tired. I can see that, and do you know how unbelievably frustrating it is that you won't let me help? I don't need to know everything to help"
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Kijani sighed softly. "Let me try to explain something. Accepting your help is... putting faith in another person. That they will actually live up to their words." Her gaze fell to stare blankly at the table, and for a moment the mask she so carefully composed day after day slipped. She looked worn to the bone, and fragile, as if something within her was held together with glue and glass, ready to break... Then she picked her gaze up and the mask was back as if it had never been lost. "I don't know if I'm capable of that. I don't think I can stop second guessing people, or planning what to do when they don't come through."