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Sighing, Loren rubbed his temples. "I'm not saying she's blameless, or that I agree with her, or that she's innocent in all this. Not at all. Quite the opposite in fact, I think she's being as stubborn and pigheaded as you are." Dropping his hands, he stared at Sunjata with suddenly exhausted eyes. "All I'm saying is that she's not thinking clearly, and that as a result, I was hoping and expecting I could get you to see reason. Apparently I was wrong." The summoner's voice was soft. "Since coming to Caido she was blighted, had two miscarriages, lost her cousin, lost her cousin by marriage, lost her best friends, lost her first love, and lost her nephews." He glanced aside. "That much grief does funny things to peoples' minds." For a moment, his own eyes were distant and haunted. LOREN Not quite an open book