I try not to think about the man following me. He doesn"t seem to be very dangerous, but I have no way of being sure. Maybe he"s trying to lull me into a false sense of security about him and then kill me in my sleep. It"s much easier to hurt someone who already trusts you.
tryingI squeeze my eyes shut in the hope of chasing away the tear that wants to fall at the idea. I"ve been in here less than a day and I"m already turning into a distrusting killer. So it may have been a dragon and not another person, but that doesn"t matter to me. It"s still a death.
I stop in my tracks and turn around.
The man almost crashes into me, having not expected me to change my pattern.
"Why are you following me?" I ask.
"I want to work together."
I eye him up and down. "Because I killed a dragon?"
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