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Its it C u is right the letter is C so tell me if I'm right
The correct answer is paradox.
Paradox is a figure of speech that combines two completely opposite things into one. In the excerpt above, we can see that the speaker is willing to wait for his/her loved one his/her entire life, however, only if they don't take too long to get to him/her. This is a paradox because they weren't willing to wait for them long in the first place, as it turns out.
It sets the mood for the scene or part of the story you are currently engaged in, it draws you into the book by having you feel how the author wants you to feel at that moment in the story.
Some prefixes are pre, post