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Perhaps it was confidence in their abilities, perhaps it was arrogance, or perhaps those would always just be two sides of the same coin, but Nem was not worried about the possibility of failing. They held a similar principle to the one they'd already mentioned, about sacrifice. Nothing to lose, nothing they cared about. If Nem had even entertained the idea of failing, they still would not have believed any consequence could hurt them, or touch them. Maybe it would have been true, their greatest strength. Maybe it would have a catastrophic oversight, a fatal flaw.
But 'maybes' and 'would haves' were not important, and not relevant. Not to Nem. They did not think about failing, and so none of this entered their head in that moment.
They waited until he was done before speaking up again. "I'll hold to it, sir." The reply was firm, unambiguous. Intel, updates, progress. Nothing beyond Nem's capabilities there. "I won't be making excuses, because I won't fail. In fact... maybe if one of your Inquisitorial Hoods got me with a Crucio or something similar, in class, with witnesses, that could only help. If I was to provoke it and react just right, I could get people to trust me, and I can prove to you just how committed to this I am." It was not at all on brand for Nem to willingly volunteer for pain, and definitely not humiliation, such as that, which was what made it so perfect. "I could take it."
Speaking of, Nem straightened the few centimetres necessary to be standing at their full height.
"And my answer's the same. I'm sure."
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