Esperanza is afraid of Sire because he makes her uncomfortable; she says, "it (makes) your blood freeze to have somebody look at you like that".
I’m not too sure what it means by need for limited intensity, do you mind clarifying?
You can highlight and annotate things and put them in direct quotes if you are sealing to give this person credit or reference them in your writings. but otherwise while doing research you shouldn’t be to worried unless you are claiming it as your own work with going no credit
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