[The laughter was something that he had contended with all of his life, and so this was nothing new. He also had his motivations and his grit questioned at every turn, and that too was fine. He had survived to bring Zaun out of the shadows when no one else had the stiff spine to do so. He knew his own value, and there was nothing Akechi could do or say to dent his own self-assurity.]
I think you're a wolf in sheep's clothing. I think you're pretending at being detective to hide behind a more fitting title than whatever you had previously. Maybe it's more tasteful, or maybe you're keeping under its umbrella for someone else. Someone special?
[Silco was handy with a knife, and he knew his way around firearms, bombs and even his fists if he absolutely had to. He had no reason to make this physical of course, not with the desk between them. This boy reminded him a little of Finn, and that man's throat had been cut like all the others because barking only put a certain target on one's back.]
I quite frankly don't care if you believe me. You have no importance to me except one. ['You're a tool to be used' went unspoken.]
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Date: 2024-02-25 06:42 pm (UTC)I think you're a wolf in sheep's clothing. I think you're pretending at being detective to hide behind a more fitting title than whatever you had previously. Maybe it's more tasteful, or maybe you're keeping under its umbrella for someone else. Someone special?
[Silco was handy with a knife, and he knew his way around firearms, bombs and even his fists if he absolutely had to. He had no reason to make this physical of course, not with the desk between them. This boy reminded him a little of Finn, and that man's throat had been cut like all the others because barking only put a certain target on one's back.]
I quite frankly don't care if you believe me. You have no importance to me except one. ['You're a tool to be used' went unspoken.]