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"P-please don't... I... I won't disturb you ever again."
As Lucas began begging for his life, his voice was filled with desperation and fear.
'This guy...' I listened with an icy detachment.
Just a few moments earlier, when it seemed like he had the advantage, his words were completely different.
I already knew of my fate if I had lost, and so I now understood his own fate since he was the one who lost.
"D-don't do it..."
His words washed over me, but I remained resolute in my decision. Trusting him was too great a risk, one I could not afford to take.
"I want to believe you, Lucas," I replied, my voice laced with cold indifference. "But the stakes are too high, and my own safety demands certainty."
Time and time again, I had been shown how fickle trust was. And how people didn't deserve the trust I would have otherwise placed in them.
'I can't even trust my allies. Why would I trust my enemies?'
