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Trisha took a step backward, her face a mess of confusion and hurt, as if he'd lashed out at her instead of falling away in pain. She bit her lip, holding back sudden threatening tears. After a good thirty seconds she put one foot forward and then the other until she sank down to her knees beside him. Carefully she put a hand on his shoulder. "How come?" she asked bravely, not really sure she wanted to know.