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"Leave a missive, but be brief about it."

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conflictresolution

Baby and kid are also different. Kids have learned caution. How old is the brute?

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opheliac

beats me. maybe the same as vi?

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conflictresolution

Twenty-something then. So he's treating you like a sibling.

[He thinks. Silco doesn't actually have siblings and by the time he met with Vander, both of them were trying to play tough too much to baby one another.]

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opheliac

( there's a slight delay as her eyes glosses over his words a few times. when ragna stopped by their home with a cake on her birthday, she insisted he stay over and share the cake with her because he is family. he didn't seem too keen with the idea when she skimmed over that little detail, but if this is silco's prospective then maybe he does see them as family after all.

she wonders if that bothers her father any deep down. he wants them to be them and only them, however more and more people are entering her heart these days. would silco feel claustrophobic if this keeps up? would he feel left out or replaced? she hopes not. his daughter is doing her damnest to express he is still on top of her hierarchy of all her pets she adopted. sucking in her lips and complimenting, she finally writes: )

what if he sees me as a sibling?

( it's her way of asking: "how does that make you feel if someone else besides vi is a family to me?" )

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conflictresolution

You can't stop how people feel, Jinx.

[He wasn't an avoidance type, but death gave him a certain change to perspective. Perhaps she could find some happiness here; she was in a better place than Zaun already.]

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opheliac

yeah. sometimes that sucks.

( as much as she despises vi and caitlyn together and want to keep them separated, even a dummy can see they are becoming closer and closer each given day. not wanting this conversation to twist sour, she perks it up with this: )

well! if im going to have more brothers and stuff, at least we dont have to worry about me having more than one dad. cause that wont happen!

Edited Date: 2023-12-03 06:37 pm (UTC)

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conflictresolution

Perhaps. You either accept it or you work to change their mind.

[Or if they were him, double down. Let them all despise him. Or fear him. He had no reason to change their minds because it suited his purpose. He had a goal, and he'd stop at nothing.

This was going to be Jinx's kingdom. His time was best spent building it up for her then pass it to her.]

You're used to having adoptive siblings from the past. This isn't a stretch.

[He expected she meant it as an assurance, but before this point, he hadn't put much thought in the possibility of a parental figure rival. Now he turned much of his attention to it.]

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opheliac

( well so far from his writing, he doesn't seem to be upset or fazed over the fact of newer family members. maybe she was thinking too much into things or assuming things again. )

it would be cool to have a big bro again!

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conflictresolution

Is that so? From your stories, one of your adoptive brothers deserved to have his tongue removed.

[Siblings was a safer topic.]

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opheliac

i dont really see him as a brother anymore. just some stupid annoying kid.

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conflictresolution

Did you ever?

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opheliac

when i was super little.

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conflictresolution

I assume the will to call him that faded quickly.

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opheliac

yeah. he was NEVER nice to me. Claggor was sweet sometimes but... didnt stick up for me either when he would talk crap.

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conflictresolution

Boys can be like that. He better have had his uses.

[Judging Vander's parental style? You betcha. Which, in hindsight, would be funny as he let Jinx run amok and be a terror.]

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opheliac

he was good at picking locks, i guess.

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conflictresolution

There were better in the Undercity of his age group.

[He should know... he owned most of them back then.]

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opheliac

HA! u just made him speechless.

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conflictresolution

The unfortunate truth hurts immature boys' egos.

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opheliac

u know. id like boys more if they werent about their dick sizes all the time and measuring whose bigger. but its funny to watch them argue and then something comes along and gobbles them all up.

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conflictresolution

It's tiring. Insecure men feel the need to resort to paltry competitions; they all die the same: alone while praying for some immortality of their namesake.

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opheliac

were u like that too?

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conflictresolution

In my youth, yes.

[That wasn't a time period he spoke of generally.]

But I learned quickly that I had little to measure without action to back me up.

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opheliac

if only boys could grow up faster like u did. buuuuuuuuuuuuuut i guess if they did THAT, i wouldnt be able to be on top. no no wait!!! it WOULDN'T be bad now that i think about it. i challenge them into a brain off.

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conflictresolution

I had the added benefit of extreme suffering where being slow to grow up meant one was used or killed. No matter their mature they are, you'll almost always be the smartest one in the room. That puts you on top regardless.