Auden’s Blessing
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If Yarnssa had behaved even slightly more normally, the hall probably wouldn’t have fallen into such silence. The strange, suffocating awkwardness dragged on for nearly half a minute before she finally snapped. She pounced forward, wrapping her arms around Thor’s neck, whining without shedding a single tear:
“Darling, I don’t care—I want to enter the competition, I have to enter!”
“If nothing else works, I’ll join too. We can be on the same team, can’t we?” Thor said helplessly.