[His breath catches, and everything is very . . . very quiet, all of a sudden. His nerves are buzzing; he was ready for a fight, and now. Well.]
[Fuck you. I don't owe you shit, and I'm not going to help you play the martyr.]
[He deserves his place in Passione and I will not let his anger and his resentment--that same anger and resentment you provoked by taking ownership of something you have no right to--push him out.]
[They were . . . both right.]
[He knew they'd be fine. He knew that. And he knew they were both strong enough to withstand a fight anyway. And he . . . thinks he has some kind of claim to that, the guilt and the pain that should be between the two of them, all these things that aren't his, that were there before he ever showed up, largely unwelcome on their doorstep. Showed up and led people to die.]
[Bruno didn't need him to take that hit. So why the hell did he do it?]
I . . .
[Taking ownership of something he had no right to.]
no subject
[Yes you did!]
[. . .]
[No. No - he didn't.]
[His breath catches, and everything is very . . . very quiet, all of a sudden. His nerves are buzzing; he was ready for a fight, and now. Well.]
[Fuck you. I don't owe you shit, and I'm not going to help you play the martyr.]
[He deserves his place in Passione and I will not let his anger and his resentment--that same anger and resentment you provoked by taking ownership of something you have no right to--push him out.]
[They were . . . both right.]
[He knew they'd be fine. He knew that. And he knew they were both strong enough to withstand a fight anyway. And he . . . thinks he has some kind of claim to that, the guilt and the pain that should be between the two of them, all these things that aren't his, that were there before he ever showed up, largely unwelcome on their doorstep. Showed up and led people to die.]
[Bruno didn't need him to take that hit. So why the hell did he do it?]
I . . .
[Taking ownership of something he had no right to.]
[So is he just a conqueror after all?]
I don't . . . know.