[She'd curse her luck if she knew of the possibility of his interest (or were inclined to curse much of anything).]
... No. I'd never been to a world quite like this before coming to the tower. [Or heard of such a thing... save the data version of Castle Oblivion, maybe, but that wasn't truly the same sort of thing - or at least, so she liked to think. At the very least it was never designed for unnecessary cruelty. Perhaps more likely,] ... Had you?
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... No. I'd never been to a world quite like this before coming to the tower. [Or heard of such a thing... save the data version of Castle Oblivion, maybe, but that wasn't truly the same sort of thing - or at least, so she liked to think. At the very least it was never designed for unnecessary cruelty. Perhaps more likely,] ... Had you?