“That’s a little self-righteous, don’t you think?”
Self-righteous? That’s a laugh. As if anything he’s ever done has been for himself. “He was in my way,” Kayn says, and if he focuses he can still remember the look on Nakuri’s face in the moments before he died. AND THE WAY HE SCREAMED, Rhaast says. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT, KAYN? THE WAY HE SCREAMED YOUR NAME WHEN HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DIE. OH, THAT WOULD GIVE ME GOOSEBUMPS IF I HAD SKIN.
Rhaast may not have skin, but goosebumps prick along Kayn’s shoulder and down his back as he remembers that way Nakuri had tried to turn him from his goals. Did Nakuri want the scythe? Or was he afraid? OH, HE WAS AFRAID. THEY ALL ARE. Either way, someone so pitiful hardly deserves to live. Kayn feels no remorse, not really, but his lips pull into a frown anyway. Zed was not pleased, no matter how much Kayn insisted that it was a necessary sacrifice, Zed would say the same thing: there are too few of us to kill our own.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU PICKED ME UP, KAYN? OH, WHAT A TIME THAT WAS, YOU AND ME, SLAUGHTERING. WE SHOULD DO THAT AGAIN SOME TIME. YOU HAD FUN! Is Rhaast always this loud? Kayn scratches his head, though it seems like more of a thoughtful gesture than one trying to get the demon in his head to quiet down. Kayn grimaces, then continues. “He was interfering with my mission.” Kayn’s dark eyes glance away as he lies. “How was I to know whether he was on my side or not?”