Fedora pulled back slightly, her small frame shaking violently in my arms as she stared up at me with wide, terrified eyes. "But... Michael, it is so incredibly dangerous," she whispered, her lips trembling as she glanced back toward the massive glass dome. I immediately wrapped my arms even tighter around her waist, pulling her chest flat against mine so she could feel the steady, unyielding beat of my heart. "I know exactly how dangerous this is, Fedora," I murmured, my deep voice dropping into a firm, serious rumble. "But we completely have to try. In this life, we have to risk it if we ever want to find the truth." She closed her eyes, breathing down deeply into her lungs to calm her racing pulse before she finally looked back up at me with a soft, determined nod. "Okay... then maybe I can try to do it for you." A small, reassuring smile touched my lips as I gently rubbed her shoulders to ease the remaining tension. "You don't have to be scared of anything in this room, okay? T
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