Adam watched in silence, feeling sick as it started to look as though Alec was in pain. Alec really was trapped here, and this place was hurting him for defying it. That made Adam want to tear it open all the more, to break those chains.
"What did you think?" Adam asked, anger fading and leaving behind fractures. "That I was keeping back some wonders of my life beyond the gates? You know everything about me that's worth anything. All that's left to tell is just a hundred different words for worthless."
And now this place was going to steal even that from him. If he couldn't leave, he'd lose his job and his shitty apartment, then another job, then his scholarship...
"Why should I tell you anything more, when you think the few things I value are worthless?"
Adam sank to the ground near the doors, crossing his legs and staring at the floor. He'd wait. He'd starve, if he had to. He didn't think the temple would risk letting him die.
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"What did you think?" Adam asked, anger fading and leaving behind fractures. "That I was keeping back some wonders of my life beyond the gates? You know everything about me that's worth anything. All that's left to tell is just a hundred different words for worthless."
And now this place was going to steal even that from him. If he couldn't leave, he'd lose his job and his shitty apartment, then another job, then his scholarship...
"Why should I tell you anything more, when you think the few things I value are worthless?"
Adam sank to the ground near the doors, crossing his legs and staring at the floor. He'd wait. He'd starve, if he had to. He didn't think the temple would risk letting him die.