( there had been doubt - enough doubt. she had believed enough to listen, to cooperate, to swallow what she was given and wonder if she was hoping it would work or hoping it wouldn't. she hadn't been sure, though, until she opened her eyes for the first time, that it was not all some foolish madness, that she had not simply been poisoned, that she would not wake some days later without her valuables and cursing herself for her curiosity.
but she did, didn't she. only, somewhere other than she had anticipated. )
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( there had been doubt - enough doubt. she had believed enough to listen, to cooperate, to swallow what she was given and wonder if she was hoping it would work or hoping it wouldn't. she hadn't been sure, though, until she opened her eyes for the first time, that it was not all some foolish madness, that she had not simply been poisoned, that she would not wake some days later without her valuables and cursing herself for her curiosity.
but she did, didn't she. only, somewhere other than she had anticipated. )