Scalding Sands - Qasr Sultanate Academy
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I'm...Jamil's best friend...urgh! The ground's all wobbly...! |
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Kalim, stay with us. The guards are here now. It's okay! |
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Rgh! No matter how many times we strike it down, the darkness just keeps welling back up. We can't get close to Kalim! |
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Hey, Jamil... You're my best friend, right? You wouldn't betray me, right? |
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Of course I wouldn't. Why, the very idea!
Such a terrible thought has never even crossed my mind! Not once! |
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STOP LYIN'!
You betrayed Kalim bad, and you knocked us all to the ends of the earth! |
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The ends of the earth...? Whoa! It's freezing! What's going on here?! |
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Oh, poor Kalim.
You must be reeling from the shock of betrayal after showing these people such hospitality. |
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Look at me, Kalim. As long as I'm here for you, you've got nothing to worry about... Right?
Kalim, trust me. |
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Rgh... I trust you...Jamil... |
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Is that Jamil's signature spell? |
| He's trying to manipulate you!
| Don't believe what he says!
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Manipulate....me? Jamil? Augh! |
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I would never do that. Look at my sincere gaze. Do these look like the eyes of a liar? |
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Kalim! Don't make eye contact with Jamil! |
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Kalim, you and I have been raised practically like brothers since we were babies. |
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Yes, that's right... We were always together... |
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My parents work for your father.
But you and I have always been open and honest with each other, never worrying one whit about our social status.
I'm your closest companion, and you're mine... Isn't that right? |
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You're right... We're best friends that can be honest with each other... Rrgh! |
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Honest with each other? Oh, this is a FAR cry from the Jamil I know.
Underneath his composed expression, he's poised and ready to strike at the neck of those who dare get ahead of him.
He has a smoldering, hungry mindset...
And that mindset is the reason I put Jamil on main vocals in the NRC Tribe. |
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Rrgh... The NRC Tribe? Why does that sound...familiar...? |
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Snap out of it. Don't listen to him, Kalim! |
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Is Jamil the kind of generous soul that affirms everything about you? You and I both know that's not true.
He complains. He secretly looks down on others. He's always got a scheme or two up his sleeve, and he's hardly trustworthy.
If I were in your shoes, I'd never choose him for my most trusted retainer.
But you wanted to become "true" friends with the man who betrayed you so terribly.
And you believed you could.
It would have been easier and more constructive to drop him and find other friends. But you didn't do that.
Your defiance of logic, your stubborn refusal to give up, your insensitive positivity...
Those are what make you who you are—and those are what make you so fearsome, Kalim.
What kind of wealthy business heir is content to remain in an impostor's clutches?
Stop cowering and wake up already, Kalim Al-Asim! |
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Kalim, look at me. I'm the only one you trust! |
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Rgh... No. The one...I trust is... Aaagh!
AAAAAAGH! |
FLASHBACK
*CRACK, SHATTER*
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Ah... Aaah...! |
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Kalim! Are you all right? I'll have a doctor look at you right away. |
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That's right... Jamil's always worried about me more than anyone else. |
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Well, of course. That's what best friends do. |
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But...that's because I'm his boss. Not because I'm his best friend. |
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Kalim?! How could you say something so sad?
Don't you trust me? |
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You're not the one I trust.
And you're not the one I want to be friends with, either! |
| You're awake!
| You finally remembered!
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Well said, Kalim. |
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Let's help him! |
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Right! |
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