Writing Prompts: Part II

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"And to think I thought you were harmless," the villain says. The corner of their mouth twitches as if they were on the verge of laughter.

"I was, once," Character B says calmly. "Things change. There was a war on. I had to protect myself from people like you. I had to become someone new."

I had to become dangerous echoes in the air, unsaid yet still understood.