[Silco was always prepared to have a verbal sparring match as it were, and he had hoped that it wouldn't come to this. He had been waiting for Jinx to divulge relevant and necessary information to him willingly, but it seemed that wouldn't be the case. Here they were now with the kitchen table between them as both of them readily abandoned their meals to focus on the opportunity before them.]
I don't care what you do and don't do with your sister. There is no winning when she is involved.
[They were maintaining the uneasy truce with one another, though it was becoming increasingly difficult with her little squeeze and the boy doing what they could to make themselves nuisances. They were so far passive, and he had no reason to burn down what benefitted him far more than it would ever benefit any of them. Silco was used to operating behind the scenes and taking over; it's what he was good at, and all their posturing didn't change the facts of his operations.
Her criticism wasn't entirely unfair. He had operated in such a way for so long that it was second nature, especially when he was trying to protect her.]
It isn't my fault that your choice in... company are the types that seek to challenge me directly. I am perfectly willing to let them live if they didn't immediately consider me the greatest threat. I am only responding in kind, and compared to home, I'm being rather generous.
[He would agree that Ekko was an idiot. A dangerous one and one that she was increasingly associating with and growing deeper emotional attachment to.]
Do you honestly believe he is going to give you a choice or provide intel when he moves? He's spent many years trying to burn my empire down around me, and I can't see that stopping now. If anything, you at his side will make him bolder.
[He wasn't going to entertain her childishness when it came to his tryst. He would neither confirm nor deny who she seemed to believe was the one he happened to spend time with. They may have been careful, but they were invisible and could be seen spending time together. It did help she seemed distracted to not look too deeply into it, though she wasn't a prodigy for nothing as she had put the pieces together.]
There has been a request for services of my businesses, nothing more, nothing less. I will always support you and your endeavors.
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I don't care what you do and don't do with your sister. There is no winning when she is involved.
[They were maintaining the uneasy truce with one another, though it was becoming increasingly difficult with her little squeeze and the boy doing what they could to make themselves nuisances. They were so far passive, and he had no reason to burn down what benefitted him far more than it would ever benefit any of them. Silco was used to operating behind the scenes and taking over; it's what he was good at, and all their posturing didn't change the facts of his operations.
Her criticism wasn't entirely unfair. He had operated in such a way for so long that it was second nature, especially when he was trying to protect her.]
It isn't my fault that your choice in... company are the types that seek to challenge me directly. I am perfectly willing to let them live if they didn't immediately consider me the greatest threat. I am only responding in kind, and compared to home, I'm being rather generous.
[He would agree that Ekko was an idiot. A dangerous one and one that she was increasingly associating with and growing deeper emotional attachment to.]
Do you honestly believe he is going to give you a choice or provide intel when he moves? He's spent many years trying to burn my empire down around me, and I can't see that stopping now. If anything, you at his side will make him bolder.
[He wasn't going to entertain her childishness when it came to his tryst. He would neither confirm nor deny who she seemed to believe was the one he happened to spend time with. They may have been careful, but they were invisible and could be seen spending time together. It did help she seemed distracted to not look too deeply into it, though she wasn't a prodigy for nothing as she had put the pieces together.]
There has been a request for services of my businesses, nothing more, nothing less. I will always support you and your endeavors.