...He really believed him. It was hard not to believe him. In the end, Mithos was his friend, and he knew he wasn't a bad person. He didn't really want people to suffer for no reason. He hadn't forgotten how he had wanted to get revenge. He hadn't forgotten how cold he was to others. But it was so easy to pretend when Mithos was offering him hope that no-one else was able to.

The corners of his lips turned up in a suppressed, hopeful smile.

"It'll just be until our sisters are back, right? Then we can stop all of this."