Radar hesitates. Fever's awful twin flashes through his mind before he can stop himself: Are you sure? No room for error? Someone as sweet as you would never see it coming. And then there was what happened with Blanche, when Aster told her to wipe his memory after he overheard Dahlia was the Pine Devil, and --
He doesn't know, is the thing. Except for the reason he's always known he'll be safe around Dahlia. Him and her in the forest, Radar laying his hand on the snout of the Pine Devil as the worst of his fear melted away.
"Yeah," he says. "Probably. It ain't just that though." Bandit squirms, and Radar adjusts his hold on her, ignoring the plaintive whine as he knocks her back leg free of his jacket pocket. "She doesn't wanna be like she is. Her dad's been controlling her whole life since before she got born. He, he just wants her to be his servant, and she hates it and she's trying to figure out how she's gonna get free of him. If she was gonna do any of that kind of stuff to me, well, that'd make her like him, you know? She'd never."
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He doesn't know, is the thing. Except for the reason he's always known he'll be safe around Dahlia. Him and her in the forest, Radar laying his hand on the snout of the Pine Devil as the worst of his fear melted away.
"Yeah," he says. "Probably. It ain't just that though." Bandit squirms, and Radar adjusts his hold on her, ignoring the plaintive whine as he knocks her back leg free of his jacket pocket. "She doesn't wanna be like she is. Her dad's been controlling her whole life since before she got born. He, he just wants her to be his servant, and she hates it and she's trying to figure out how she's gonna get free of him. If she was gonna do any of that kind of stuff to me, well, that'd make her like him, you know? She'd never."