Likewise, that out-of-the-minute command "Stand up" was not spoken to them at all, but to Renata.
A second ago, the girl had been curled up in the corner like a rabbit paralyzed by terror, but now she bolted straight up to her feet, the expression on her face as cold and aloof as an unapproachable iceberg... The boy said "Stand up," and Renata actually stood up.
It was as if an emperor had issued an irresistible decree to the entire world, and the world had truly obeyed, undergoing some profound transformation.
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