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"I don't know."
Damon suddenly had a sad, sarcastic smile on his face. "That's a first; you usually have a solution for everything."
Derinem pushed himself to his feet, limping to the table at the other end, where a bottle sat, and picking up a glass.
He would get numb in this and blur his following action with intoxication.
He poured himself a healthy dose, downing the glass in one go, conscious of Damon watching him as he poured another drink.
"When we were growing up, Derinem, I envied you." Damon nodded when his brother looked at him blankly and said, "Before I understood what you were, pleasing people to be like...