It's tempting to him to make a comment about how, if she is the Mastermind, he will defeat her, but he doesn't want to. In a way, he's been using the hunt for the Mastermind as a game, a worthy rival and a distraction. Before this week, he would have gladly accused her as a sign of respect.
But this week has been so exhausting, the first week to truly have an impact on him, and right now the Mastermind is less an intriguing fiction and more a very real, very malevolent force, and not of the worthy rival kind. He doesn't believe it's her.]
There was no need to tell me at all...it would have been wrong of me to remain angry when it was I who was mistaken.
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It's tempting to him to make a comment about how, if she is the Mastermind, he will defeat her, but he doesn't want to. In a way, he's been using the hunt for the Mastermind as a game, a worthy rival and a distraction. Before this week, he would have gladly accused her as a sign of respect.
But this week has been so exhausting, the first week to truly have an impact on him, and right now the Mastermind is less an intriguing fiction and more a very real, very malevolent force, and not of the worthy rival kind. He doesn't believe it's her.]
There was no need to tell me at all...it would have been wrong of me to remain angry when it was I who was mistaken.