"You're giving me an opportunity?" Hedrick revealed a broad smile, the corners of his mouth rising with unconcealed amusement as though he had just heard the most entertaining statement since waking from his seclusion. "How thoughtful of you."
"...If it were anyone other than you who kept mocking me like this, I would've either walked away or killed them by now," Robin declared in an even, composed tone, showing no trace of anger despite the repeated ridicule. "But I've invested far too much in you to lose you so easily, and abandoning that investment before reaching its intended result would simply be wasteful."
