"I'm not sure where you imagine I learned it from," he says softly, though the trace of humor in it does nothing to cover the fact that it was not at all a joke. Many people had told him, since arriving in Paradisa, that he was a decent person, and part of him still cannot believe it. It feels more like a coat he's gotten used to wearing, but the fact of the matter remained that it still was not who he was under the surface. That monster of Malkar's crafting. Just because it was well hidden now, did not mean it was gone.
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