Or, actually, Kostos falls silent, and makes a brief attempt at disentangling a knot of impulses, like claiming entitlement to his conversation because they're family and continuing to insist he only technically has one of those, and telling Nikos exactly what leaving Nevarra meant for him and never telling him a Maker-damned thing, offense at mistreatment and acceptance that it's still better than he deserved—
So trying to yank all of that apart obviously doesn't work, and he gives up after like three seconds. ]
Fine.
[ He'll stop talking. He'll think very hard about disowning and disavowing him, and slightly less hard about jumping off a tower, but he won't do those things, probably. ]
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Date: 2019-04-19 02:53 am (UTC)[ The beginning of an incredulous repetition, but he abandons it. ]
Do you really want to talk about making my life difficult, Nikos? That's a conversation you want to have?
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Date: 2019-04-19 10:15 pm (UTC)[Nikos,
kingelectorally chosen chairman of comebacks.]Disown me or disavow me or jump off a tower but stop fucking talking to me about what I choose to say, freely, and of my own accord.
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Date: 2019-04-19 11:32 pm (UTC)Or, actually, Kostos falls silent, and makes a brief attempt at disentangling a knot of impulses, like claiming entitlement to his conversation because they're family and continuing to insist he only technically has one of those, and telling Nikos exactly what leaving Nevarra meant for him and never telling him a Maker-damned thing, offense at mistreatment and acceptance that it's still better than he deserved—
So trying to yank all of that apart obviously doesn't work, and he gives up after like three seconds. ]
Fine.
[ He'll stop talking. He'll think very hard about disowning and disavowing him, and slightly less hard about jumping off a tower, but he won't do those things, probably. ]