“Yes, I had no less than you, Kors.”
“Again you are measuring against others. What a habit – to constantly compare yourself with others! To each his own. You know, Nik and Arel also despise people, they don’t care how great a person is, for them he is still a leather bag of shit. And for you, all people are better than you. Maybe you should learn from the Demon and stop considering others so glorious, stop trying to prove to people that you are no worse than them?”
“When will you stop teaching? Read your lectures on how who should behave? You teach all the time. Is this your support?”
“I will ask for you! Even if I get punished for it. I'm already painted and decorated as well as you.”
“Yes,” said Lis, “the game was equal, two pieces of shit played it.”
“Stop it! Lis!”
“Why did you stop calling me Alis?”
“I don’t want. This is your mother’s name, it is… as you say… ignominy.”
Lis chuckled.
“Your mother… she began to engage in this activity, falling into difficult life circumstances, and where was your red father?”
“Kors, he just played with the black girl and forgot about her.”
“She went back to blacks, and they punished her?”
“Yes.”
“Was she in jail?”
“Yes.”
“Where were you at that time?”
“I was with her, women are often imprisoned with their young children, you know. Then we were released.”
“But she was shamefully marked as a whore and made indelible arrows on her eyes, right?”
“What do you think?” said Lis.
“I can't imagine how it feels…”
“Really? You have them drawn on you too.”
Kors swallowed the mockery:
“I seem to be getting used to your unrestrained language. And you know, the name Atley really doesn’t suit you. And the name Sigmer – it is too alien, unusual, this is the name of the reds. Your nickname really suits you best, and even Karina calls you that,” Kors smiled.
And Lis smiled back at him. Seeing his triangular teeth, Kors couldn’t restrain himself and shook his head.
“I now understand that I acted biased. That I was tactless and rude. But you never crushed me in full force, endured. You only hurt me through my daughter.”
“I love her. You began to understand something, but you still didn’t understand about Karina and me. I endure in this relationship! She is my weakness. She will die and I will die!”
“But why, then, are you dragging her everywhere you go and pushing her to the front line?!”