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"I agree," Cassius piped up for the first time in ages. Perhaps it was the rest, perhaps it was that she had eaten, perhaps that she had drank, but her voice had a humanness to it now beneath the scratches and scars. "I don't expect anything more or less from this than for you to prove your nature to us. Be that as it may." She smiled in a way befitting Seuss's Grinch. She drew herself up to her full height and took first position. The body she had stolen was a prima ballerina, at least in the youth ballets. When Cassius wasn't focusing, her body naturally fell into place. All grace was robbed, however, by the harsh lines.