“Why did you come here? I was ready to die. I was ready to be honorable and brave and self-sacrificing for the first time in my miserable life. I had made my peace. I would restore Jasad, burst into flames, and enter history as a savior instead of a coward. Simple.” “You are not going to die.” “Of course I am! I was always going to die—my time has been borrowed ever since the Blood Summit. I’ve been trying to be brave about it. To be like you. But then you come here, and you make me want to be selfish. You make me want to be a coward.” I wiped my nose on my sleeve. “You make me think I have a
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