What would you do?

"What do you think?" Dexter leaned back, eyes falling on Aries. "He's your sparring partner for a month, so I presume you already got to know him quite well."

Aries breathed in faintly, looking back at her brother as she breathed out deeply. They indulged with Miguel for minutes before the latter bid them farewell because he still had affairs 'he had been putting off' to settle. Now, it was just Aries and Dexter, and after a few minutes, Dexter finally broke the prolonged silence between them.

"I…" she trailed off, staring at Dexter for a moment. "... don't know. He sounds genuine and looks honest, but at this point, I cannot just believe everything I see and hear in this land."

"The feeling is mutual." Dexter rocked his head. "This land will show you what you want to see and make you believe it is what it is. Unless you exert the effort to seek the truth."

"Brother."

"Mhm?" he raised his brows, cocking his head to the side. "What is it?"