If I don't survive," I say, "tell Tobias I didn't want to leave him.

Trust me when I tell you, Eaton boy, that resisting is worth doing.

I cross my arms. "It was a two minute conversation." "I don't think a smaller time frame makes it less unwise." He furrows his eyebrows and touches the corner of my bruised eye with his fingertips. My head jerks back, but he doesn't take his hand away. Instead he sighs. "You know, if you could just learn to attack first, you might do better." "Attack first?" I say. "How will that help?" "You're fast. If you can get a few good hits in before they know what's going on, you could win." He shrugs, and his hand falls.

If you see someone in trouble, you should help them. Experiment or not.

The reason the factions were evil is because there was no way out of them. They gave us the illusion of choice without actually giving us a choice.

Do it fast, you pansycake.

Resisting is worth doing.