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PREVIOUSLY...
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Alexei handed Blaze the pouch.
"He required help. If I did not help, he would be in a difficult situation. " Alexei said.
"Weren't you planning on treating him the way he treats Prince Calibri?"
"Oh, I intend to if he illtreats his majesty. However, it did not sit right with me to let him suffer if I could help... Although if he physically hurt his majesty, I believe my willingness to aid him would have diminished. Moreover, now that I have helped him, he will have to face the fact that Verbatians are not monstrosities."
"I doubt, he's a dumbass, that one. But yeah, don't dirty your conscience. Don't become like Kol or his father... Anyway, I'll take this to him."
"You have my gratitude." Alexei bowed.
