[private] If I can't be better than them, I'll become much worse

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I can see through you, see your true colors
Cause inside you're ugly, you're ugly like me

He watches Gale look out across the lake as if thinking hard and long about what he had said. There is a slight quirk to the corner of his lips, twisting downward as his red eyes blaze with a flicker of displeasure. He smooths it before the other can look back at him and takes a moment to think himself. He assumes the child must mean something to Gale if he is requesting her. Not enough to go and get her himself but enough to get involved. Unless that was a trick as well, pretending not to care. The dark Fae had plenty of experience in that himself.

He does not give away a single thing as Gale finally looks back at him and counters with an offer of his own. He had figured that this thing would be smart and not as easily tricked as he would like. However he makes note of the exact phrasing and gives a rather wry smile as the pupils of his darkening eyes narrow into very narrow slits. A slithering sensation rising in his chest. It seems this would be a game of riddles after all.

Who would be cleverer?
He wonders.

This is a dangerous game but it is a game and he finds himself suddenly keen to play it.

“Deal.” He says with that smug confident smirk, the slitted red eyes glittering with anticipation.

“This has been… pleasant. Until next time… Gale.”

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@ Gale