[ reality doesn't actually sink in until he shows her the zero balance on his phone. her heart feels like it's about to pound directly out of her chest as she stares at it in disbelief.
the amount is staggering. higher than it had been when she first started working for heleen. hundreds of thousands of kruge . . . there is no way in any reality that inej could ever begin to hope paying it back. and the tiny flicker of rage that had been building over the last handful of days almost rears its ugly head, but it's quickly overridden by crushing relief. ]
So --
[ saints, she feels as if she has jumped into the ocean and promptly forgotten how to swim. ]
So I am -- I'm free?
[ almost dumbfounded, as she looks up at kaz again, startled. ]
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the amount is staggering. higher than it had been when she first started working for heleen. hundreds of thousands of kruge . . . there is no way in any reality that inej could ever begin to hope paying it back. and the tiny flicker of rage that had been building over the last handful of days almost rears its ugly head, but it's quickly overridden by crushing relief. ]
So --
[ saints, she feels as if she has jumped into the ocean and promptly forgotten how to swim. ]
So I am -- I'm free?
[ almost dumbfounded, as she looks up at kaz again, startled. ]
I owe her nothing -- I owe you nothing?