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Bronya wasn’t stupid. She knew what her feelings might mean – had known for a while now, even if she refused to name them. But more than the confusion, more than the fear of getting it wrong, what kept her quiet was them. The eyes that watched her. The expectations. The unspoken rules she was raised under. Especially hers. Cocolia didn’t need to say anything outright. She never did. The way she spoke about appearances, reputation, the family name – it was enough. There was no room for this in the life she was meant to live. So she folded her feelings up like a letter she would never send. And buried them deep, where no one – not even herself – could find them too easily.