"Yes," he answers, looking a little over her shoulder. "It isn't entirely conscious sometimes. Imagine a web. And if you follow the strings, you find people."
Six months ago, he would have said no. Three weeks ago, he would have said no. But as he stares at her, he manages a small nod. No words, only the tiniest gesture.
That nod means the world to her. "I know," she whispers, nodding very gently. "I know you were. It don't mean you're off the hook for killing him, but I know why you lost control."
"I'm keeping you at the level you were before the flood." No more, no less. "I don't want you to severe the links you have, but you ain't ready for anything else."
"Your consequences are that people'll are gonna be pissed off at you for a while. They might even try to punch your face if they see you. Other consequences include telling me that I was fucking right to distrust you, and having to talk about your fucking feelings."
"They can so fucking help it, but the point is actions have consequences."
Trixie gets to her feet, sighing. "But yeah, we're done for now. Although...when I put you in Zero, do you feel the same way as you did in that lab? Caged?"
She thought as much. It was half the reason she asked the Admiral for her own version of Zero -- the other half being she's fucking sick of the rest of the Barge and their meddling.
"You won't have to go back," she tells him with a nod. "Enjoy your spiders."
"Don't like being surprised, and I find it hard to fucking believe no one else found out Billy'd died and looked into it. But that's...that's for another fucking day. I'm tired, I'm going to have a lie down."
She raises her hand in a half-hearted wave and steps outside into the corridor.
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Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-22 12:51 pm (UTC)"The laboratory, right? Zack told me that's what it was. What were you doing fucking with him to begin with? Just for fun? Just because you could?"
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Date: 2023-02-22 01:02 pm (UTC)Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-22 04:28 pm (UTC)Trixie falls silent for a moment, thinking of her next move.
"Were you scared?"
Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-22 04:32 pm (UTC)Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-22 06:43 pm (UTC)Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-22 06:48 pm (UTC)Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-22 07:23 pm (UTC)Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-22 07:30 pm (UTC)"So that's all?"
Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-22 11:20 pm (UTC)She chuckles to herself.
"Your consequences are that people'll are gonna be pissed off at you for a while. They might even try to punch your face if they see you. Other consequences include telling me that I was fucking right to distrust you, and having to talk about your fucking feelings."
Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-23 12:26 am (UTC)He leans forward. "And we've talked. So. Are we done?"
Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-23 12:43 am (UTC)Trixie gets to her feet, sighing. "But yeah, we're done for now. Although...when I put you in Zero, do you feel the same way as you did in that lab? Caged?"
Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-23 12:48 am (UTC)Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-23 01:07 am (UTC)"You won't have to go back," she tells him with a nod. "Enjoy your spiders."
Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-23 01:09 am (UTC)Almost.
"Trixie, there's something else you should know."
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Date: 2023-02-23 01:22 am (UTC)Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-23 01:30 am (UTC)He sits back, against the wall, fingers in his hair.
Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-23 01:43 am (UTC)"W--wait. What do you mean, you killed Billy? What...fucking why?"
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Date: 2023-02-23 01:55 am (UTC)Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-23 07:24 pm (UTC)"Alright," she mutters, rubbing her forehead. "Alright. Thanks...thanks for being honest."
Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-23 09:08 pm (UTC)He doesn't seem mad about it. Or particularly surprised. It's simply a fact.
Re: Action
Date: 2023-02-23 09:17 pm (UTC)She raises her hand in a half-hearted wave and steps outside into the corridor.