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Card #c367IR // #c367Verbatim excerpt
To protect you." Elisabeth watched the way her mother's face moved and she considered how unknowable a person so close to you could be.

— Source: Motherclown (Harriet Alida Lye)

[Use when]

Use when a character assumes family equals full access.

[Why it matters]

Intimacy does not grant transparency — faces move; motives stay opaque.

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