Bound
Both words in one sentence
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Even after falling in love with So-ah, he chose to remain with Nakbin in the imperial palace and promised to never send her away even if she's not his soul mate bound by the red string.
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Eventually, Kitty decided she was bound to do as she promised and agreed to marry him, but he realized by then that she didn't love him, telling her he wouldn't hold her to that.
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In Radiant Dawn, there's Naesala, who gets off extremely light once the rest of the cast learns he was bound by a Blood Pact; even the notoriously vengeful Tibarn lets him go upon hearing of this despite having promised to gut him earlier.
Source: Video Game / Fire Emblem Tellius
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