Who would you rather have out there fighting? Some crazed killer who enjoys it, or the boy you trained to care?” He hesitated, then opened his mouth. “Before you say you don’t want anyone fighting,” Hesina interrupted, “know that I’ll recognize that as a lie. We both know you’ve admitted that people need to fight sometimes. You simply don’t want it to be your son, despite the fact that he’s probably the best person we could have chosen.” “You obviously know the responses you want from me,” Lirin said. “So why should I bother speaking?” Hesina groaned, tipping her head back. “You can be so
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