Oh god, what was there to say? We'd both been stabbed through the heart and felt betrayed by the universe itself. What choice did we have but to flee and lick our wounds?

[Lust waves her hand in a dismissive gesture. She doesn't begrudge him his reaction, hers was the same. It had been a slap to the face and the soul itself, to see the veil fall away and reality assert itself.]

No, you've nothing to apologize for, neither of us do. We were victims of a cruel trick.