She paused, not looking back as her cape fluttered around her in the cold air. She'd seen this kind of moment in movies and comic books, where she was supposed to smirk, look back at the villain, and let out a witty one-liner; maybe something like, "see you on the battlefield", or "this just makes things easier", said in a confident, commanding tone.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsE2zfAE7w2
But none of that happened. Instead, her smile was something bitter, the words she spoke soft, tinged with something hollow as she said, "the stuff of legends, our friendship would be. That's what you said. Even after everything you did, and everything I did, that's what I wanted it to be."
His face, so impassive, stared silently back at her, glowing in the setting sunlight he faced. He didn't speak, and for once she didn't know if it was because he cared, or because he didn't.
"Not like this," she whispered. "Never like this."
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