"Petty, but confident. Zoren, leave my Penny alone. She's mine after this, and you? Six feet under. If not, behind bars."
Mint.
Had Zoren known those were the last time he would see Mint or the last words he would hear from her, he would've asked her to stay longer. Perhaps, he would've said something regarding what she had said to keep the conversation going.
She was, after all, not a friend, but a good ally.
She was almost corrupted, as she always bordered on abusing her power. One example was knowing what Zoren was doing and not doing anything about it. It wasn't that she condoned it, but she simply knew that sometimes, to fight for justice, someone had to sully their hands.
This world had made it clear to them that playing nice couldn't take you far. Especially not in this case.
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Zoren sat on a couch, all the lights in his home off. His arms rested on his legs, eyes down. His clothes still drenched from the rain during Mint's funeral.
