where daylight doesn't matter
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Coraline shivered slightly at the cold. "Why do you say that?" She asked, confused at the vague words.
Coete let out a slow, reluctant sigh. "This world isn't my world, but kings and queens rule most of mine. They play games with the lives of others, and their children are untouchable." Well. In most ways. "Some of the children are far worse than the parents, especially when you meet them up close."
"Tyrants and armies and monsters, and the monsters are at least honest." Mostly. Celesten had tricked him, but spoken honestly after that. Persuasion wasn't really dishonesty anyway. Lenui hadn't persuaded him. Lenui had taken full advantage of his innocence and naivete and used him like a boot with a worn-through sole.
Coraline slowly nodded her head, thinking over Coetes words. "It doesnt sound like...a very good world to inhabit..."