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Jill clenched her fists tightly, and then apologized to Lyra. "I'm sorry, Lyra," she said, apologizing for the way she'd treated her in the past.

"Wait. Why are you apologizing?" Lyra blinked in surprise.

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Lyra was astonished by Jill's revelation. As a child, Jill had survived a kidnapping during which her face was slashed with a knife. After that traumatic incident, she had been living abroa