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This may sound very silly, but before her rant, I didn’t see the situation from this… hmmm… angle. I mean, sure, I knew that the fate of fifty orphans lay in the balance between the fulfillment of my campaign promises and the votes of influential Moonies, but…

I have nothing to end this dotted line even in my own head.

And Marguerite takes my pause for the sound of fanfares announcing her victory.

– You see, – the sarcasm in her voice changes to bitterness. As if she wanted to be wrong for once in her life, too, because just now I had to say something that would undercut her belief that, without exception, all Mooners are heartless aliens. – You just do something, throw in a handout, and sincerely do not understand why they do not want to take it, because it is well wrapped and tied with a silk ribbon. And I don’t care if it’s just leftovers from the table.

– Margo… – I get up, feeling completely out of place.

– Margarita, Mr. Shad’Far,” she corrects me, but this time with no anger, only weariness. – Your time is up, and if you think I lack the courage to keep my promise, that is a second delusion on my part.