After Dilos's shove completely threw Alec off balance, the momentum carried him into another round of skipping across the ground.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
This time, the "skipping" wasn't as bad as before, but it still left Alec grimacing in pain. The pain itself wasn't the main problem. What bothered him most was the feeling that his pride had once again been trampled underfoot.
Once Alec stopped, Dilos slowed down too and watched quietly as Alec slowly got to his feet.
"Damn it!"
Alec cursed and struggled up, looking rather disheveled. As he stared at Dilos, who looked down at him expressionlessly, he suddenly felt a surge of disgust for some reason.
"Why?" Alec's face twisted as his voice filled with resentment and bitterness. "Why is everyone in this world like you? You humiliated me for no reason when I was powerless. And now that I finally have the power to fight back, someone even stronger comes along to humiliate me again!"
At that, Dilos fell silent for a moment.
"I humiliated you?"
Dilos raised an eyebrow, feeling a surge of irritation.
Are you out of your mind? Dilos wanted to snap. But just as he was about to speak, he sensed that something wasn't quite right.
Thinking carefully about how he'd felt while attacking Alec earlier, Dilos was surprised to realize that he really had wanted to use his power to bully him.
What was more, when Dilos consciously thought back on everything he'd done to Alec that day, he realized he really had gone too far—or, at the very least, acted inappropriately.
Alec had done plenty wrong, but Dilos realized his own behavior hadn't been much better. Alec hadn't killed anyone, nor had he planned to kill Dilos. He'd just had a bad attitude, and Dilos had