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MOTHER 1 Fan-Translated Novel Excerpts
“. . . . Ana . . . .”
Lloyd exerted force in his hand, and Ana instinctively grimaced.
“Oh, I’m sorry, did that hurt?”
“Yeah, a little.”
“Sorry, sorry.”
“No need to apologize. It’s OK to take pride, you know.”
“Pride?”
“That’s right.” Ana nodded so vigorously that her ponytail swayed up and down.
“You know, Lloyd, back in your town, you were probably just a bespectacled prodigy, but now you’re a fine warrior. You’re even powerful, look how strong you are.”
With a fluttering motion, she held her reddened hand out for him to see, and Lloyd became silent for a while and gazed slowly in turn at Ana’s face, then her hand, then her left eye, then her right eye. And then, suddenly he gripped Ana’s still-aloft hand, pulled her in with a jerk, and pressed his lips against hers. It felt cold, it felt hot, and it was an awfully short kiss.