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{Inside The Projection}
Malik's eyes finally moved, though only slightly.
"You want revenge, that's obvious, and, in all honesty, quite fair. Especially considering the fact that we made plans to Corrupt them... Plans that you ruined, somehow predicting our every move, ending everything before it started. And for whatever reason, doing the assassins' job for them after killing them... but that's beside the point."
The Chancellor pointed at himself.
"You want revenge, but so do I. For different reasons, of course, ones I'm not willing to share. But let's just say... my ambitions don't align with the current royalty. Help me get what I want, and I'll help you burn this place to the ground."
There was a long silence.
A wind whistled outside the window.
Then Malik gave the faintest nod, and the Chancellor's smile widened.
"Excellent. You'll be a professor here. A modest one. Not too public, just enough to watch and move."
He turned back to his desk.
