marduk took a step away from cassie, slouching more from her last comment, but still trying to hold in how ashamed he was for his little confidence. Maybe what she said was true, he never believed in himself and he had a hard time with everything, but he never thought about it, he just did things, but still managed a reputation. Still confused by the sudden silence, marduk stepped back to the corner of the room and watched as he waited for others to respond.