[He recoils as far as he can, throwing himself backward in a useless gesture.]
You will gain nothing by this! Whatever twisted meaning you think to expose... I won't be broken by falsehoods!
[Oh, but it's happened before. When he sought love that wasn't his, when he thirsted for it like water; already lies have been lodged in his heart. Nothing can be worse than that. That was torture, and it reached into his soul.]
Whatever you do to me, I will not change for you.
[But her threat hangs there, and squirms in front of him like the dungeon's darkness has come alive. He feels sweat on the back of his neck, because he isn't foolish, but he tries to bury the fear under his defiance. Glaring at the tendrils, he asks boldly.]
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You will gain nothing by this! Whatever twisted meaning you think to expose... I won't be broken by falsehoods!
[Oh, but it's happened before. When he sought love that wasn't his, when he thirsted for it like water; already lies have been lodged in his heart. Nothing can be worse than that. That was torture, and it reached into his soul.]
Whatever you do to me, I will not change for you.
[But her threat hangs there, and squirms in front of him like the dungeon's darkness has come alive. He feels sweat on the back of his neck, because he isn't foolish, but he tries to bury the fear under his defiance. Glaring at the tendrils, he asks boldly.]
What is that?