"Every year?!" That certainly answered Luka's question - the Protector wasn't getting desperate, this was just par for the course. "But why? Why Seven?"
His stomach drops. He wished he could go back to the simplicity of believing that the monsters were just liars, trying to tempt him to their side. But the more he found out about their situation, the more unlikely that seemed. And the Protector - as much as Luka wanted to believe him - had offered little in the way of reassurances.
"I don't understand." He says, dropping his voice to a whisper instinctively when he hears the approaching footsteps. "Why would he need to rig the game from the start?"
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His stomach drops. He wished he could go back to the simplicity of believing that the monsters were just liars, trying to tempt him to their side. But the more he found out about their situation, the more unlikely that seemed. And the Protector - as much as Luka wanted to believe him - had offered little in the way of reassurances.
"I don't understand." He says, dropping his voice to a whisper instinctively when he hears the approaching footsteps. "Why would he need to rig the game from the start?"