Abel keeps his mouth shut at that, jaw tense. He has some arguments to make about how 'nice' Cain has been, but from what he's heard of fighters, Cain might be telling the truth about the others being worse. Abel certainly doesn't want to be cornered in a locker room and used by a group of fighters in turn, no matter how he might have fantasized about it. He doesn't want to need Cain's protection, but suspects that he does.

"I just want to train," Abel says, pushing away his fears by focusing on training and studying, the way he has always done.