Edgeworth narrowed his eyes in return, perfectly prepared to snap back if needed. Such a skirmish would almost be welcome, a temporary return to normalcy.
What the Corinthian did instead was less easy to respond to. He learned long ago what it meant to wish for brutal punishments to be doled out to someone who had wronged him. He had promised himself he would never walk that path again. He refused to allow someone else to walk it for him, yet...
"He's not alone. There's at least one other. He said she could enter dreams and nightmares. And he has other powers besides intangibility." A flash of purple fluttered through his mind, and he dropped his gaze with a shudder, suddenly aware of how little his position had actually changed. Hollowly, he continued. "He values his would-be friends on the community very highly. He won't allow anything or anyone to...tarnish their opinion of him."
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What the Corinthian did instead was less easy to respond to. He learned long ago what it meant to wish for brutal punishments to be doled out to someone who had wronged him. He had promised himself he would never walk that path again. He refused to allow someone else to walk it for him, yet...
"He's not alone. There's at least one other. He said she could enter dreams and nightmares. And he has other powers besides intangibility." A flash of purple fluttered through his mind, and he dropped his gaze with a shudder, suddenly aware of how little his position had actually changed. Hollowly, he continued. "He values his would-be friends on the community very highly. He won't allow anything or anyone to...tarnish their opinion of him."