[Oren silently regards Claude for a moment with those eerie crystalline eyes that would make one feel as if they saw right through you.]
She would be. Better off. I've told her before.
[He turns the sink on and the sound of running water fills the cafe as he gently cleans the cups.]
But if she listened this place would not exist. And you both would not have met.
That's why it's too late.
[Life was precious to his young mistress and it was his fault really; he had given her that resolve after he saved her from the brink of death. She hated her own life before that, but because of what he did... Well, here they are now.]
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She would be. Better off. I've told her before.
[He turns the sink on and the sound of running water fills the cafe as he gently cleans the cups.]
But if she listened this place would not exist. And you both would not have met.
That's why it's too late.
[Life was precious to his young mistress and it was his fault really; he had given her that resolve after he saved her from the brink of death. She hated her own life before that, but because of what he did... Well, here they are now.]
This place is her heart.