“I’m not saying you didn’t just kick absolute ass by getting here, Vi. But you have to leave. You’ll break the first time they put you in the sparring ring, and that’s before the dragons sense that you’re…” He shakes his head and looks away, his jaw clenching. “I’m what?” My hackles rise. “Go ahead and say it. When they sense I’m less than the others? Is that what you mean?” “Damn it.” He rakes his hand over his close-cropped light-brown curls. “Stop putting words in my mouth. You know what I mean.
2nd read: god Dain is the fucking worst immediately
