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Puppet Strings
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2026-04-30 13:00:00Leo’s POV
Paulo’s hands pressed into my leg with practiced patience, thumbs working into muscle like he was trying to convince it to remember something it had forgotten. Pain bloomed in slow waves, sharp then dull, then sharp again, like my body couldn’t decide whether to punish me or give up.
I stared at the ceiling.
“You’re tensing again,” Paulo said calmly.
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