[Being one herself, Caren is no stranger to those who find their pleasure in suffering. There are innumerable reprehensible people who selfishly glut themselves on agony in the world out of selfishness, and others who are plagued with its weight.
Dark's glee at her torment sends a dark bolt of pain through her limbs and body that has nothing to do with how the water is constricting them. Though she was struggling to tread the water subsuming her, the flinch makes her lose some of the ground she'd gained while managing to hold herself completely aloft. Drawing in a shallow, ragged breath, Caren fixes him with wide, accusatory eyes. There isn't any fear in them yet.]
Have you suddenly decided to perform good acts out of the goodness of your heart?
[She already knows what men like him ask for in reward.]
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Dark's glee at her torment sends a dark bolt of pain through her limbs and body that has nothing to do with how the water is constricting them. Though she was struggling to tread the water subsuming her, the flinch makes her lose some of the ground she'd gained while managing to hold herself completely aloft. Drawing in a shallow, ragged breath, Caren fixes him with wide, accusatory eyes. There isn't any fear in them yet.]
Have you suddenly decided to perform good acts out of the goodness of your heart?
[She already knows what men like him ask for in reward.]