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"Are you suggesting I darken my heart?" I ask.

"I'm telling you to toughen up. You're too soft with all due respect my lord." He says.

"Am I weak?" I ask.

"Do you not kill one who has deserved it?" He asks.

"Yes." I say.

"You don't use dark magic?" He asks.

"I... did." I say.

"Then you're weak." He says.

"Wait, what? Why?" I ask.

"If you do not kill, you turn your back and then they will kill you." He says.

"I... suppose." I turn.

"Your heart is too soft." He turns to me.

"But... I don't want to kill." I say.

He lifts my head up.

"Then you will surely die." He says.

I push off of him. I take another step. I hear a roar. I turn. A pantherdog charges. I dodge.

"My lord." Lucifer walks forward.

"We must've gotten too close to its territory." I say.

Lucifer moves his hand. The pantherdog goes flying. It roars and charges again. I draw a rune, and I blast frozen mist at it. It hits. I let out a breath. We should go. It breaks out.  It charges at me. Before I could react, it hits me. I slam into a tree. My staff was ripped from my hand. It charges. Something stabs the pantherdog with... his tail? It looks sharp. I draw back. The pantherdog falls dead.

"Are you alright my lord?" He gives me his hand.

"Fine." I hiss.

I take it.

"You see? It's kill or be killed." He says.

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