"There's no telling if it's dangerous outside."
"But it's safe in here." Jensen slowly straightened his clothes, once again looking as dapper as he had before.
'Everything's relative. Going outside doesn't guarantee something bad will happen, but if I had actually gone through with it with Jensen just now, something bad *definitely* would have happened.'
She was no stranger to Jensen's vigor.
"It's fine, you don't have to come with me. I can go for a walk by myself." Even though it was nothing but yellow sand outside, Shi Li felt it was necessary to explore.
'What's the difference between this and just sitting around waiting to die?'
"Then I'm going with you."
"What if you get captured and offered up as a tribute again, and they send you to me once more? Wouldn't I have to trade two bags of blood just to get you back?"
"Such a bad deal." Jensen grumbled, "A bad deal, a really bad deal," but his hands were already busy.
