"I wanna cat. I saw one playing with Rob earlier. I wanna ride it around and become a dragon rider, but with cats. I'm gonna call it 'Feliciaiana the Heartless and Incredibly Ruthless Destroyer of Smudgy Pencil Erasers'. Fred for short." Glint pulsed excitedly. "You can be my co-captain!"
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Ben stared at her hand in his for a moment.
"No. No, it wasn't wrong. I-" he shivered, remembering memories that he'd rather be able to forget. Prom night. Shadows in the dark. His blood on the ground. They'd only been captured for, what, an hour or so? But he almost died. He almost got Shana killed because he was just so useless.
"I don't want us to become like them. When they captured us, what they made us go through... I never want to do that to somebody, Voidbringer or not. If we were to hurt him, or even just hold him here, we would do exactly what we're fighting to prevent. Once we repeat their actions, we're basically on their side."
He stopped, worried that if he were to talk more, his voice would crack. He didn't think that was what Shana needed right now. She needed support, someone strong. He wasn't exactly too strong right now, but he could try his best.