Radley looks far away at this. "I wanted to believe that," he says. "Sometimes I do. I believe it when it comes to others. I don't try to get revenge or torture people I don't like or don't agree with. But ... other times ... I wonder if I was abandoned because I deserved it. I wonder if I'm wrong to feel hurt about it. Maybe it was right and just."

Sadness comes into his eyes. "I threatened Kalin, when I thought I was going to lose him.... I needed him to try to beat Malcolm, and when his friend came, Kalin acted different, like he wanted his friend Yusei to defeat him. I couldn't lose Kalin, so ... I lied and told him the device he was using to play our card game would explode and take off his arm if he tried to lose on purpose. Yusei believed me, but ... I don't know if Kalin did. If he did, though ... he probably thought I was a horrible person and I deserved to be tortured in the mines."

He sighs. "I don't know why you're here either, or why I am.... I've tried to deal with these feelings, but they're always deep down, eating me up inside." He clenches a fist. "I loved Kalin. I still love him. And I feel so betrayed."