2832 Sea Beasts (Part 2)

'On the other, when you boss me around, even though I'm the one asking you to do it, it makes me feel dirty.'

'It's worse for me.' Lith replied. 'It feels like I'm tainting our bond. We have always trained together but we've never hurt each other on purpose and controlling your mind is still violence.'

"Isn't there another way to do this?" Solus asked after a long hug and a partial mind fusion.

It reassured her that her bond of trust with Lith was as strong as ever and that he didn't see her as something less than himself. It was something they both needed.

"Resisting orders from an outside source is bound to be easier, but I guess we can give it a go. Putting you one against the other is not working anyway." Dusk sighed.

"Verhen wavers whenever he gives you an order, making them less effective, and even when he succeeds, you feel too emotionally hurt to gather your will to oppose him."