So much had changed over the last few days, and Mello placed the blame for all of it squarely on the truth chocolates. The shaky progress he and Near had made, the way it had been shattered, the fragile rebuilding of a truce: all of it. They'd never been able to co-exist peacefully, and Mello had no illusions about that changing soon. He was impatient enough by nature to be glad their being forced to talk had pushed them farther down they path they'd already been on, but his pride still stung over all he'd had to admit.
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So much had changed over the last few days, and Mello placed the blame for all of it squarely on the truth chocolates. The shaky progress he and Near had made, the way it had been shattered, the fragile rebuilding of a truce: all of it. They'd never been able to co-exist peacefully, and Mello had no illusions about that changing soon. He was impatient enough by nature to be glad their being forced to talk had pushed them farther down they path they'd already been on, but his pride still stung over all he'd had to admit.
"I've been doing damage control ever since."