I just-- [groans. tears his eyes away.] I'm starting to regret not being drugged myself.
[no!! stares back up at him.] I don't just coddle anyone who wanders into my territory! I couldn't afford to have a human panicking. And a human with the first sign of magic in months-- I thought maybe I could find a way to use you, for the sake of the Deimos. Maybe you were a key.
Then I saw your body. Before you woke up and explained, I thought someone on this planet might have done that to you. And I can't allow anything like that on my planet again. Not for the Deimos, not for anyone.
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I just-- [groans. tears his eyes away.] I'm starting to regret not being drugged myself.
[no!! stares back up at him.] I don't just coddle anyone who wanders into my territory! I couldn't afford to have a human panicking. And a human with the first sign of magic in months-- I thought maybe I could find a way to use you, for the sake of the Deimos. Maybe you were a key.
Then I saw your body. Before you woke up and explained, I thought someone on this planet might have done that to you. And I can't allow anything like that on my planet again. Not for the Deimos, not for anyone.