"If I make an enemy, I have to split their head open with an axe." Trinket tilted her head to the side. "But I don't have an axe yet."
"If I have to kill to survive," she continued, her tone dead serious, "don't I need to practice? It's hard to win a game you've never played before. Someone is going to try to kill me. If I can't kill them first, I'll lose the game."
She didn't try to push against the telekinetic bonds. She stood so still that even if she weren't bound, she would have been perfectly motionless. Her dark eyes peered into Sah's, expressionless, emotionless.
"If killing is for my own survival, and someone is going to try to kill me, then I need to kill them first in order to survive. But I'm not good at killing, so I need to practice killing so I can kill them before they can kill me." She gave the tiniest of nods. She was sure her logic was sound. "Therefore, it is necessary. I understand."
"If I have to kill to survive," she continued, her tone dead serious, "don't I need to practice? It's hard to win a game you've never played before. Someone is going to try to kill me. If I can't kill them first, I'll lose the game."
She didn't try to push against the telekinetic bonds. She stood so still that even if she weren't bound, she would have been perfectly motionless. Her dark eyes peered into Sah's, expressionless, emotionless.
"If killing is for my own survival, and someone is going to try to kill me, then I need to kill them first in order to survive. But I'm not good at killing, so I need to practice killing so I can kill them before they can kill me." She gave the tiniest of nods. She was sure her logic was sound. "Therefore, it is necessary. I understand."
