[Considers, then:] A moment, if you please. Despite his own best efforts, both the President and Dark have managed to acquire many friends upon the forum. It is not so unusual they are concerned.
[There's the faint sound of wind now. He's outside the building.]
He's under more pressures than having his associate part company with him.
Even if I knew all the details involved, I would not divulge them. Yet now surely you have seen one of his higher-ranked employees has been shot. This is yet another in a series of unfortunate incidents which have occurred to my employer of late.
Add to this, and ... [Hums in consideration] ... Hypothetically. Let us suppose one isolates themselves from all but a few individuals. When a key member of that support network is removed, stress is more difficult to handle, is it not?
[Patiently, almost gently] I trust very few, Vanessa, but such is not the issue. I do not tell my close friends of your profession, even if I might tell them my own secrets. When given a confidence, I do not break such.
[But now he pauses. Quite sternly:]
Innocence has naught to do with one's chosen companions, unless they have abused them. I would not be in any position to judge Rufus for his past, especially considering ... [No, let's not go there. Breathes.]
What is it an individual would do, if they were to be betrayed by the one they had trusted most? I believe not even the deities of our accursed forum would settle well after such a fact.
No, I know not of your past, and I have not that right if you do not believe I am a sort you may trust with such private information. Know, however, I will trust your word - which states you are one who is familiar with ... betrayal.
[Does he sound slightly regretful at the end of that? But he plunges on.]
I do not claim he has a right to behave in any manner of fashion. Yet it is only natural, and human, to react in such a way. Combined with the position and the isolation - perhaps it is dangerous for him as well. [Irritated] Would I wish he would move on, or reconcile. It would be far healthier for us all.
[But, despite himself, he sounds a little concerned as well, through all of that.]
[He's skirting too close to Rufus, breaking a confidence, so ... after a long moment, his tone rather quiet:]
Let us imagine this is my own self who is going through such a position. I have not the luxury to find my own time. I am not one to be so careless with my emotions. There are few whom I would turn to with such petty and pitiful emotions, when I would not wish pity, and I would especially not wish those who disliked my self to react in the way you are currently.
Blowing up buildings which should have been demolished in the long run besides? A far healthier alternative than one I would have chosen, perhaps.
[Exasperated] No, Vanessa - I had meant - Zum Donnerwetter. In consideration with my own self, I have learned the value of such softer emotions. Yet it is still difficult. For a time, I had tried to rid myself entirely of my gentler nature. Such is hard to overcome, once I had learned the error of this.
With the help, as you say. I would not have such assistance, and you have admitted it had took 'a while'. It has not even been a week for the person we are speculating upon, perhaps quite unfairly. I believe a while has to be longer than such.
[A long pause, then quiet,] I do not believe, personally, he is better without that individual. Yet it is only a personal opinion, upon knowing his self as anyone can when employed.
[Considering, calm] A stranger such as yourself is not such an individual to tell him this, despite the wisdom of your words.
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Marquise speaking.
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[Pauses again, wry:] It is not required for you to ask another, who may draw unnecessary conjecture.
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[There's the faint sound of wind now. He's outside the building.]
He's under more pressures than having his associate part company with him.
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Add to this, and ... [Hums in consideration] ... Hypothetically. Let us suppose one isolates themselves from all but a few individuals. When a key member of that support network is removed, stress is more difficult to handle, is it not?
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[But now he pauses. Quite sternly:]
Innocence has naught to do with one's chosen companions, unless they have abused them. I would not be in any position to judge Rufus for his past, especially considering ... [No, let's not go there. Breathes.]
What is it an individual would do, if they were to be betrayed by the one they had trusted most? I believe not even the deities of our accursed forum would settle well after such a fact.
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No, I know not of your past, and I have not that right if you do not believe I am a sort you may trust with such private information. Know, however, I will trust your word - which states you are one who is familiar with ... betrayal.
[Does he sound slightly regretful at the end of that? But he plunges on.]
I do not claim he has a right to behave in any manner of fashion. Yet it is only natural, and human, to react in such a way. Combined with the position and the isolation - perhaps it is dangerous for him as well. [Irritated] Would I wish he would move on, or reconcile. It would be far healthier for us all.
[But, despite himself, he sounds a little concerned as well, through all of that.]
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Let us imagine this is my own self who is going through such a position. I have not the luxury to find my own time. I am not one to be so careless with my emotions. There are few whom I would turn to with such petty and pitiful emotions, when I would not wish pity, and I would especially not wish those who disliked my self to react in the way you are currently.
Blowing up buildings which should have been demolished in the long run besides? A far healthier alternative than one I would have chosen, perhaps.
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With the help, as you say. I would not have such assistance, and you have admitted it had took 'a while'. It has not even been a week for the person we are speculating upon, perhaps quite unfairly. I believe a while has to be longer than such.
[A long pause, then quiet,] I do not believe, personally, he is better without that individual. Yet it is only a personal opinion, upon knowing his self as anyone can when employed.
[Considering, calm] A stranger such as yourself is not such an individual to tell him this, despite the wisdom of your words.
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