[Would it really be so easy, he wonders, to simply insist no, they hadn't, and hope that would be the end of it? It wouldn't exactly be a lie, would it?]
[And he can't help but think, with both Florian and the original Fon Master Ion here now, maybe... maybe hiding them wasn't the best course of action anymore? One hand lingers at the base of his neck, and his gaze falls towards the ground.]
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[And he can't help but think, with both Florian and the original Fon Master Ion here now, maybe... maybe hiding them wasn't the best course of action anymore? One hand lingers at the base of his neck, and his gaze falls towards the ground.]
...no. They didn't hurt me. [...] Not this time.