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“Tell me what you know of the rebel camp outside the walls of the city”

I wait for her to lie to me, to try to deny what I already know The rebel Rath K’zar was trying to reach it with his human when they were crushed beneath endless tons of rock

“I haven’t been there I’ve only heard about it”

She surprises me with her honest answer I truly expected her to at least try to lie That is what humans do when they are afraid They try to hide their true natures and they will deny anything re the truth

“They were expecting you, weren’t they”

“Yes,” she admits She really is truthful I like that about her I think she senses there is no longer any point in deception Her life hangs in the balance I could dispatch her in a fraction of a second, and I intend to the moment she tells me what I need to know

“Will they mount a rescue attempt?

“I hope not”

“But you expect they will”

That’s a reason to keep her alive I intend to eradicate everybody who has gone beyond the wall If I can tempt them back inside the wall, that will save work, ti I did not have the satisfaction of executing Rath K’zar and his human lover, but there are others who could take their place There are conspirators both inside and outside these walls I keepmyself that where there is life, there is the potential for revenge

This huood bait All I need to do is show her suffering I need to raphic, entirely for the benefit of those who are waiting for her to be free, and e her their lives They will not be able to resist the urge to come to her rescue

“It is time you and I made so”

I get up and stride away She takes forever to follow after uards who took her crutches away have vanished into a respectful distance I have two choices: to wait, and let her hop her way after me, or to pick her up