"It's not a mask!" she told him, eyes growing sharp. "After all we've gone through, all that's been, you'd think I'd lie about this?" She gave an incredulous shake of her head. "I am beyond upset, Doryx. With myself, with you, with everything. This... this mess we're in.... " And she turned away from him, tears slipping down her cheeks. "I hate it, every minute of it. I just want this curse gone." And she took a hold of the bracelet tightly, as if wishing to rip it off, but knowing better and just halting there, on the brink of more tears.