Jake looked back at him for a few seconds, unsure of how to reply. If he should even reply at all. As the silence continued, however, he collected his thoughts and spoke honestly.
"You sound like you’ve gone through some s**t. I am not going to stand here and pretend to understand what someone like you struggles with, but I am pretty sure doing nothing isn’t the solution.”
"And what makes you think I haven’t tried to do everything already?" he asked back, a formless aura spreading out from him.
Jake felt like he suddenly stood before an incarnation of death and destruction. Yet he didn’t back down. He pushed back, his Bloodline fully awoken, refusing to be inferior. The aura failed to affect him as he stood unmoving.
"Just sounds like a challenge you haven’t been able to beat yet. And
