Orel got pale.
"Yes, Orel, that's how low you fell. Your friends say such things in your face, do you like it?"
"I don't say that," Tol said.
"Orel, you haven't been such a fool, what happened to you? Where is your brain, up your ass?" Lis was shaking.
"Get out," Orel whispered. "Get out, I don't need you."
"We are not leaving, we are not like someone else who ran away. We don't ditch our friends!"
"He didn't ditch me!" Orel shouted. "He'll come back!"
"If he comes, I'll sort him out," Lis didn't stop. "And I don't care about those scary tales of him!"
"Just try to say something to him! I'll kill you!" Orel growled.
"You're defending him," Lis smirked. "And he is an evil, lying bastard. And a thief!"
"I gave him the ring, I gave it to him!"
"Do you think he is not coming back?" Enriki asked Lis.
Lis shrugged. "I don't know. It depends on what he wants. If he wanted the ring, we won't see him again."
Squint-Eye got up and came up to the bar.
"Why would he need the ring? It's bullshit!" He poured a drink.
"Stop drinking in the morning," Enriki said.
"Enough of watching over me," Squint-Eye snapped. "Ooh, there is a lot of shit." He opened a casket on the table. "No, he'll definitely come. There is all his money, jewelry and drugs."
"Squint-Eye, stop rummaging through someone else's things!" Enriki gasped.
Squint-Eye took out a few capsules.
"I wonder what it is. A medicine or…"
Lis and Tol walked up to him. Lis took several capsules from the casket and put into his pocket.
"What are you doing?" Orel asked darkly.
"I'll show them to knowledgeable people to check something. Soon I'll know everything about your beloved."
"You fool," Orel said. "Ask him, he'll simply tell you."
"No, I've had enough of his tales, now I know their worth."
"Don't play an insulted gentleman, he didn't deceive you. Nikto didn't touch me, not even once!"
"Yes. Calm down, I know."
"I think it was stupid to demand such promises from Nikto," Squint-Eye said. "No matter how much he'd try to control himself, his real essence would come out, sooner or later. He is not human, the whole city knows that. He is a dangerous predator, you have to be careful around him – since Orel decided to take him on our team. I don't mind Nikto but we have to take his nature into consideration and remember that he lives according to different concepts."