Terenia nods, ducking back into the cabin and shrugging at Myitt and Corliss.
<<I suppose I should repay him somehow,>> she says to them privately. <<He did save my life.>>
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Tamora gives the bartender a wan smile as he plunks down a fresh glass of water. She brings the beverage to her lips, sipping deeply, stalling intentionally as she tries to determine how much she wants to tell this man.
"My name is Tamora," she says at last, lowering the glass, "and the creature you saw that looked like me is an imposter. A DNA thief with nothing better to do than make my life a living hell."