Fill 2: He was a King (2/2)marblegloveOctober 17 2011, 00:07:42 UTC
It began to dawn on him that the world had changed. The world was constantly changing. And he had let himself become a relic of the past. He wasn’t sure he liked this new world and it’s weirdly fluid social structures.
“At least it means that you can become a king again.”
“I thought there weren’t any kings here?”
“Come now, we’ve been following various kings of rock and roll for years. There are all sorts of kings here.”
“If I’m going to become a king here, then it’ll be a king of technology. All sorts of interesting things are happening there.”
“Yes, there are.” Michael had considered for a moment. “Want to go back to college with me? I’m going to be Adam Pierson next, studying up on languages, I think.”
Nolan had nodded, but, “are you, no, I mean, thank you for being my teacher.”
Michael had smiled back at him. “It has been my pleasure to be your friend, maybe a bit of a mentor at time, but I’m not your teacher. You are very direct and honest, and all my lessons are about being sneaky and underhanded.”
“Excuse me, which of us was a warlord for more than a decade?”
Michael had rolled his eyes. “Come on, we need to apply to get new IDs and GEDs and applications for universities.”
Nolan let Michael’s odd comment lie, about Nolan not being sneaky. They went to college together and stayed in contact thereafter.
It wasn’t until his one financial supporter was framed for treason that he understood what Michael had meant by him being too direct for true sneakiness. It didn’t make sense and he wasn’t sure what to do about it.
“Michael, you once told me that I was too direct to be your student.”
“Yes?”
“Can you teach me to be sneaky and underhanded?”
Michael sighed. “Nolan, I cannot teach you to be someone who you aren’t. Treasure who you are. You are a king. Eventually you will find someone else who has the personality to do what you cannot.”
It took more than a decade but Emily Thorne finally came and Nolan realized why Michael had refused to train him to be like her. He didn’t want to be like her. She terrified him.
But he would still use her, help her, support her, to accomplish their shared goals.
Re: Fill 2: He was a King (2/2)marblegloveOctober 17 2011, 02:31:23 UTC
When he wasn't sure *why* Emily had released the wrong information regarding his business plan, it made me think that for all of his brilliance, he needs Emily to understand and manipulate treachery.
“At least it means that you can become a king again.”
“I thought there weren’t any kings here?”
“Come now, we’ve been following various kings of rock and roll for years. There are all sorts of kings here.”
“If I’m going to become a king here, then it’ll be a king of technology. All sorts of interesting things are happening there.”
“Yes, there are.” Michael had considered for a moment. “Want to go back to college with me? I’m going to be Adam Pierson next, studying up on languages, I think.”
Nolan had nodded, but, “are you, no, I mean, thank you for being my teacher.”
Michael had smiled back at him. “It has been my pleasure to be your friend, maybe a bit of a mentor at time, but I’m not your teacher. You are very direct and honest, and all my lessons are about being sneaky and underhanded.”
“Excuse me, which of us was a warlord for more than a decade?”
Michael had rolled his eyes. “Come on, we need to apply to get new IDs and GEDs and applications for universities.”
Nolan let Michael’s odd comment lie, about Nolan not being sneaky. They went to college together and stayed in contact thereafter.
It wasn’t until his one financial supporter was framed for treason that he understood what Michael had meant by him being too direct for true sneakiness. It didn’t make sense and he wasn’t sure what to do about it.
“Michael, you once told me that I was too direct to be your student.”
“Yes?”
“Can you teach me to be sneaky and underhanded?”
Michael sighed. “Nolan, I cannot teach you to be someone who you aren’t. Treasure who you are. You are a king. Eventually you will find someone else who has the personality to do what you cannot.”
It took more than a decade but Emily Thorne finally came and Nolan realized why Michael had refused to train him to be like her. He didn’t want to be like her. She terrified him.
But he would still use her, help her, support her, to accomplish their shared goals.
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Oh, wow, I actually never considered Nolan being un-sneaky.
Thanks!
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