"What did you expect?" I... «The Diabolic»
RamingoWS22 февраля 2018"What did you expect?" I said quietly. Sidonia looked up at me, a horror on her face I hadn`t seen since that first day before I was civilized. It was like she hadn`t understood -- truly understood -- until this moment just what I was. "Why?" Donia whimpered. "She helped us." "Because you told her what she didn`t need to know. She would have reported us, and then I couldn`t have saved you." I drew a step closer and Donia scrambled back, still on the ground, staring up at me with abject terror. This, I realized, was what I needed from her now. Not her adoration, not her fondness. I needed her to understand me. I needed her to finally see me the way her mother did, the way the vicar did -- the way I was. My throat tightened at the thought of seeing revulsion blaze over Donia`s face when the blinders were finally ripped from her eyes, but I had to do it for her sake. "Don`t you understand, Sidonia?" I said. "I`m not your friend. Friends are equals. We`re not. I`m not one of those tigers over there, genetically fashioned to be cuddly and bare my belly for you. I`m not here to be a companion. I`m a murderer, here to kill for you or die for you as needed. I`m your tool, your weapon -- your property."
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