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"Doku did tell me about the hickey," Azni exclaimed in a playful tone. "I remember thinking about it yesterday when he spoke about your fight."

A slight tremor ran through Liiza, and Khan sensed it from the hand gripping her forearm. They had diverted their gazes. Khan looked at the ground behind her shoulder, and Liiza focused on the rocky wall to his right side, but both of them felt unable to separate in that tense situation.

"I mean, I would have known if you were dating a Niqols," Azni continued as she jumped around the couple to try to enter in their visions. "That's why I was certain you were with a human. I just chose not to think too much about yesterday's stuff because of the mission, but I definitely felt that something was off!"