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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="05d26067d24d9ac9730892b58028e023""You know there's a away time make the pain go away, but it would cause other pain, and it would make it so the marks permanent." He said looking me in the eyes./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="a15d36dd94637ed773b185885ed9a147""Sir, do you know of a way for me to leave?" I ask trying to not be too obvious./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="eeddd0e4ecf65656fc07f3478f1f010c""Angel, are you a prisoner here?" The tall blonde man asks. I don't say anything, I just show my mark, he gasps and starts to drag me away from the dance floor. "Angel, way I know who did this to you?" He asks with a ocean full of concern in his eyes./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="b8985f21696a66e368b0183d95c3669e""I would agree, but he wanted to protect me, and I think this is the only way he knew how to. But I've been here for eleven years, even if I did leave and I still had this Mark, every time he was in trouble I would rush to protect him. That is how this whole mark thing works." I told the man./p