[ She'll find a man sitting with his back to the stone, hugging his knees and weeping into them. But at the sound of her voice, his head lifts, and a single eye looks up at her, fringed with white lashes, red-rimmed, and still brimming with tears. The other eye isn't visible, hidden beneath bandages.
He gazes at her, after a moment seeming to notice her tear-spotted face. He turns his head from her, forcefully, and his body tenses, as if he were going to run away. But after an apparent internal struggle, he turns back and chokes out the words: ]
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He gazes at her, after a moment seeming to notice her tear-spotted face. He turns his head from her, forcefully, and his body tenses, as if he were going to run away. But after an apparent internal struggle, he turns back and chokes out the words: ]
Y-yes, my lady?