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[candlejack]

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[ourobsorption]

Then again, who needs change?

[staunchest]

[ Loads shotgun. ]

[ourobsorption]

[Surprise is quickly replaced by a wide smile, very much showing his teeth. His expression doesn't just mock her threat, though -- there's some genuine happiness in seeing her familiar face.]

Emily.

[staunchest]

[ The shotgun is really there. She aims it at his face. ]

You'd look better without your head.

[ourobsorption]

[So silly, Emily. This one's been torn to pieces and tortured in the most unimaginable ways by his own kind, by his own mother -- the barrels of a shotgun are as much of a threat as a piece of cotton.

He arches his eyebrows, looking as innocent as a boy offended to find his strongest opinion in taste isn't shared by his mother.]

Oh? Do you not like my head?

[a little pause, then words in the same tone charged with other implications and irony.]

I could always change it.

[staunchest]

[ She grits her teeth, then lowers the shotgun a little, but she's still holding on to it. ]

You may have killed Stephanos, but I am not thankful. [ She knows you did it for your own selfish fulfilment, monster. ] You know that.

[ourobsorption]

[Oh, that hurts.]

I do know that. But you could be thankful for other things.

[Like the fact that he didn't consider you dessert.]

[staunchest]

[ SHE WOULD PUNCH THE SHIT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH FIRST! ]

I don't think so.

[ourobsorption]

Such ingratitude, Emily.

[He smiles again, scanning her from head to toe.]

Sometimes I wonder what he saw in you.

[staunchest]

A meal. [ Sarcastic, but honest at the same time. ] Who the fuck cares? He's dead.

[ And it's not like Stephanos was known for his smartness. ]

[ourobsorption]

Yes... yes he is.

[an intentional pause.]

And you're still alive.

[staunchest]

Is that a threat, Wayne?

[ She doesn't call him Wayne to tease or mock him. It's simply a hard habit to let go of. ]

[ourobsorption]

[It's almost endearing.]

Appreciation.

[staunchest]

[ A moment of silence. ]

Any more revenge plans?

[ourobsorption]

I've got a few things in my menu. [Get it. GET IT.] How's your rebellion going?

[staunchest]

[ Ha ha, she's laughing on the inside. No. Really.

She gives a humourless little snort. ]

Do you think I'm telling you anything?