oncedevil | IC Inbox/Answering machine

Huh. Well, anyway, the point still stands.

[He ripped the snake woman to pieces and tried to tear Shou apart too.]

Nah, it... it really doesn't. You couldn't help that and it's not like that was the only Mafia member killed by Numbered.

How does it not? I'm not talking about them.

[Nux are you even listening?]

You're talking about her. Snake lady. The one you killed. You don't gotta focus on what's in the past, Tony.

[A quiet hiss. Yes, her, he still loathes her, loves her. It's a strange muddled nightmare thinking about her and her hissing kind words still haunt his dreams.]

You can't always ignore it either.

[It doesn't just go away.]

You can't always run away.

That's all I know how to do.

Since when? You know how to protect people too! Is that too much for you now?

There's no more need for that. The war's over, and a haven doesn't need soldiers.

[He can fight, that's about all he can do. The peaceful stuff? Not working out so well for him. If his mental degeneration is anything to go by.]

Soldiers, uh, maybe not, but what if your double comes around, huh? You think I can't take him.

You seem pretty confident. Trying to appeal to my ego now?

[He does not like manipulation tactics, Nux, even if he does know what you're trying to do.]

I'm doing whatever I can to make you see that you're being stupid.

Yeah, well, then I'm stupid. But I'm still going.

Look, Nux, my kinda use isn't useful anymore. You don't keep a weapon around just because one day someone might show up you can use it on.

What do you mean "weapon?" You're a person and don't even try to tell me that isn't true. I won't buy it for a second.

I'm both, and I can't ignore one of those things forever. I'm not like you guys, I can't just turn it off and pretend it all never happened. Play fucking house for the rest of my life.

I don't work that way.

Don't call it that! "Playing house?" What we've built in Shepherd's Haven's so much more than that, it's a safe place for people to live peaceful lives. You know better than to insult it.

Sorry. [He does sound sincere. They've worked hard to build this place, they deserve the peace he can't find. It's cruel to mock it and he knows it.] Settle down, would you?

"Settle down?" Huh, you sure that's not going soft? "Turning it off?" Fucking playing house?

What are you on about now?

[Oops maybe he went a little too far this time.]

Look I said I was sorry.

[Not that that fixes or changes anything and he knows it. Well guess he might just get what he wants and everyone will hate him?]

You can say sorry all you want but maybe stop saying hurtful shit while you're at it.

[To be fair, most of the hurtful shit was said by his copy, but he's not going to bring that up.

Dude's probably having a good laugh at all of this.]

Look I'm just... Gonna go.

Don't do anything stupid.

No promises.

Everyone should be held to something. Otherwise, what's holding you accountable?

[It's a few moments, a little beat. Screw it, be topical. Nux is Catholic, he'll understand.]

Why don't you try asking God?

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