"I would have been fine," she said. "You seem to be under the impression that I'm altruistic, but allow me to disabuse you of that notion. I would never have given up something I needed for myself. I'm simply stronger than you are right now."
The minute he mentioned food she glared at him, as though he had committed a social faux pas, which in her eyes it probably was. She did sit down though.
"The same thing goes for food. I've survived on less for longer." That had been a memorable week, though she hadn't been exerting herself nearly so much.
Re-l considered refusing the bread on principle, but her stomach had other ideas. She grabbed a roll and bit into it greedily, swallowing it down in huge chunks. It hit her empty stomach with an unpleasant gurgle, but she was too hungry to notice.
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"I would have been fine," she said. "You seem to be under the impression that I'm altruistic, but allow me to disabuse you of that notion. I would never have given up something I needed for myself. I'm simply stronger than you are right now."
The minute he mentioned food she glared at him, as though he had committed a social faux pas, which in her eyes it probably was. She did sit down though.
"The same thing goes for food. I've survived on less for longer." That had been a memorable week, though she hadn't been exerting herself nearly so much.
Re-l considered refusing the bread on principle, but her stomach had other ideas. She grabbed a roll and bit into it greedily, swallowing it down in huge chunks. It hit her empty stomach with an unpleasant gurgle, but she was too hungry to notice.