Andrew replied mockingly, "I'm laughing at how stupid you all are, how you're deceiving yourselves! That little dwarf clearly only cares about himself and doesn't give a damn whether you live or die.

"Yet here you are, thinking about him, fantasizing that he'll rescue you. If that's not stupidity, what is it?"

Earl's face turned red with rage. "That's bullshit! Tristan isn't just our superior, he's one of us! He and I are even cousins. There's no way he would abandon us here!"

Andrew sn