I think we're both extremely hard to kill anyway, honestly. But I also think we're both prone to attracting trouble. So maybe it's not a terrible idea to have the extra protection. Help balance things in our favor.
[ His voice is warm. It sounds like Malcolm doesn't have entirely the same concerns he did, but- that's okay. Will would like Malcolm to be capable of getting in and out of more trouble, if he's honest. ]
You got no idea how much a relief it is to get the facts without havin' to meander towards it.
Are you going to do something about it? Because a smart man wouldn't be jumping the gun when everyone's eyes on you, and I know you're not a stupid one.
Yes, I'm currently doing my best to not be an idiot about this. It's pretty damn difficult with these bugs around, you know?
But so far, so good. The vampire who could probably break me in half is being protected by his warden and I just get to sit here and watch Malcolm struggle to sit up.
reid wants to do it in one of the library rooms. i don't think he's going to object to you being there but i'll kick the door down to get you in if i have to.
I won't go, so don't argue for me. Okay? I don't want to be allowed in on some sort of pity argument. I wasn't physically or mentally attacked. I just know Malcolm doesn't mind getting stabbed as much as I mind him getting stabbed.
And he's getting Gaius' healing service anyway, so it's not going to matter in the future.
you deserve better than this, and i'm supposed to just not give a crap about that? you anticipating this and being used to it is why i can't just let it slide. this place is filled to the brim with the kind of corruption where who you know matters more than what you do, and like hell i'm going to let you or de lioncourt's next victims get thrown under the bus for it without a fight.
[ His reply comes a couple minutes later- he appreciates this, but also...he doesn't see a way to make it better. Not without going way outside the lines. ]
Shaw, everyone had lost their minds with those bugs around. Seeing the favoritism and the evils of humanity- or sapience- is not anything new to me. Me being at that meeting is not going to change whatever of that still remains under our now more-presentable outer shells.
All that will happen is my presence will be used to make both you and me the bad guy here. Inmate and warden flavors. I don't mind, but I don't want it to be for bureaucratic reasons. They'll say you're the one that's corrupt.
So to make it truly fair, so Lestat doesn't have more seats for his pity party, I shouldn't be there. Tell me about it afterwards. Record it, even.
And maybe they'll surprise us. I actually think Reid's usually pretty reasonable. But please don't make me get dragged through something like this again. I don't want this sort of attention. I've played the scapegoat far too often, and I hated it every time.
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