❰ again, adalia waves her hand in front of her, waving away his words. ❱

Unimportant. And any bit of monster is too much monster, you're ridiculous.

❰ with the clear implication that if alacruun is not a complete monster, it's only by a slim margin, and it still counts enough for adalia to consider him the villain of her story. just no longer so villainous she has to worry that anyone who knows they interact will hate her. ❱

Point is —

❰ she sways abruptly forward, overbalancing and shooting her hand out to support herself on alacruun's chest before she can faceplant against him again. ❱

Point is... You're better like this. I feel safer.

❰ adalia's hand hasn't moved from alacruun's chest. ❱