If I make a point of taking care of and seeing to at least some of who you harm, that does credit to my own reputation and that of the Alliance. They fear you for the violence and respect me for the aid offered.
[of course there was a genuine streak of caring, to see people do better. but she's not blind to what favors do for other people, and how she can do good deeds to an end when needed. ambition never died in her - just was put on hold.]
[ He hopes that helps to protect her, to put her at the other end of his dichotomy... A powerful saint that handles a powerful demon. Worthy of respect and protection for the work she does. His arms tighten around her. ]
Don't wanna live half-alive anymore, Em.
[ She had asked him before: what he wanted, where he was going. He needs to drive his life forward on his own terms. And he wants her to be there with him. ]
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[ He will never be as out of control as he looks, but the unpredictable violence is a tool in this performance. It will still be very real. ]
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[of course there was a genuine streak of caring, to see people do better. but she's not blind to what favors do for other people, and how she can do good deeds to an end when needed. ambition never died in her - just was put on hold.]
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Don't wanna live half-alive anymore, Em.
[ She had asked him before: what he wanted, where he was going. He needs to drive his life forward on his own terms. And he wants her to be there with him. ]
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[she whispers it into his skin, a surety. as if she knows, when all she does is hope as fiercely as years of jaded quiet allow.
he wants, and that's the step forward. where he goes, she'll still be there at his side. there's no question of it.]