"She's just a kid!" Darien snarled as he lifted the young lalafell by his collar and slammed him against the wall just outside the coliseum. "Do you have any idea who her father is?"
The lalafell sobbed. "YesyesyesI'msorry."
Darien scowled, tightening his grip. "She needed to see three healers. Three!"
"I'm so sorry! I never meant to hurt her," the young man wailed, flailing small, desperate hands at Darien's forearm.
Darien stared, eyes narrowed, fury in his face. Then his expression slowly softened and he lowered his victim to the ground. "You're just a kid, too."
The lalafell slid to sitting and coughed, wiping his face on his sleeve. "Y-you're not going to kill me?"
"No," Darien said, frowning down at him.
"B-but they only send you-"
"Get out of here. And lay off the booze, kid. I don't want to ever see you again."
The lalafell scrambled to his feet and raced away as fast he could, not once looking back.
The lalafell sobbed. "YesyesyesI'msorry."
Darien scowled, tightening his grip. "She needed to see three healers. Three!"
"I'm so sorry! I never meant to hurt her," the young man wailed, flailing small, desperate hands at Darien's forearm.
Darien stared, eyes narrowed, fury in his face. Then his expression slowly softened and he lowered his victim to the ground. "You're just a kid, too."
The lalafell slid to sitting and coughed, wiping his face on his sleeve. "Y-you're not going to kill me?"
"No," Darien said, frowning down at him.
"B-but they only send you-"
"Get out of here. And lay off the booze, kid. I don't want to ever see you again."
The lalafell scrambled to his feet and raced away as fast he could, not once looking back.
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