The Darkling raises an eyebrow, still softly smiling in the dark.
"I can see how my military strategies are a cut above beatings and senseless murder."
There was a difference between the self-satisfaction of having rivals killed to stroke an ego, and the brutal necessities of war. The blood runs red in the streets all the same, but only one is defensible.
"There has to be some level of trust for this to work, Jesper," he says, laying down on the narrow and too-short cot. "I trust you to not try to kill me in my sleep, and you can trust me to not try the same."
There are bars between them, but his Cut could have made short work of them in the blink of an eye. It's only a matter of time before this man, this clever, street-wise boy, remembers that there's no real reason for these bars to hold a Shadow Summoner, and this weakly forced truce is the best the Darkling can hope for.
last one, I swear. Shadow and Goat- Milo's journey
"I can see how my military strategies are a cut above beatings and senseless murder."
There was a difference between the self-satisfaction of having rivals killed to stroke an ego, and the brutal necessities of war. The blood runs red in the streets all the same, but only one is defensible.
"There has to be some level of trust for this to work, Jesper," he says, laying down on the narrow and too-short cot. "I trust you to not try to kill me in my sleep, and you can trust me to not try the same."
There are bars between them, but his Cut could have made short work of them in the blink of an eye. It's only a matter of time before this man, this clever, street-wise boy, remembers that there's no real reason for these bars to hold a Shadow Summoner, and this weakly forced truce is the best the Darkling can hope for.
For now.