I'm not thrilled about it either, but what's the alternative? Just sitting around here and chowing down on someone every few weeks to keep from going insane until someone else figures a way out of here? [ A definitive, stubborn shake of the head. Bullshit. ] That complacency would gut you same as it would me, which means we have to get proactive. Which means we need to get whatever advantage we can, wherever we can get it.
[ From whomever they can get it. Never mind that underneath the cool calculation and incandescent rage, the core of him is still scared shitless of all this magic and what it can do, how wholly outside the realm of his understanding it falls. That doesn't matter. He can sit on that fear, bury it down deep rather than let it get in the way of what he wants. ]
I'm not saying we jump in headfirst; you know I would never. But one of can go in as a test, while the other observes. Watches for the first sign of any cult-y crap pushing him off the deep end, stays ready to reel him back, and if reeling back isn't an option then...
[ Rafe's voice trails off, knowing full well where Fenris's mind will go considering it'll be exactly where it went in September when Fenris made Rafe promise to end him if he began to be affected the same as the rest of the peninsula.
He doesn't need to specify who would go first, nor who would be responsible for the killing blow if it came to that. Even if he hadn't led so often as to earn his name from Fenris based on it, the fact is that he doubts he could take Fenris down in a straight fight if it came down to bare knuckle brawling. Whereas Rafe... Well. Fenris knows where his heart is. ]
Without that somebody to have my back, who could tell the minute something wasn't right and have the spine to deal with it if necessary? I'd have dropped this plan in the trash about two seconds after thinking it up. [ His hands spread in appeasement and he ignores the quiet grating of bone where his humerus rubs against his shoulder. ] If you're not able to agree to this, then that's it. We look for something else. But I can tell you right now? That I didn't come to this lightly. I know how you feel about this kind of crap, but I believe this is our best option to get some real traction.
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[ From whomever they can get it. Never mind that underneath the cool calculation and incandescent rage, the core of him is still scared shitless of all this magic and what it can do, how wholly outside the realm of his understanding it falls. That doesn't matter. He can sit on that fear, bury it down deep rather than let it get in the way of what he wants. ]
I'm not saying we jump in headfirst; you know I would never. But one of can go in as a test, while the other observes. Watches for the first sign of any cult-y crap pushing him off the deep end, stays ready to reel him back, and if reeling back isn't an option then...
[ Rafe's voice trails off, knowing full well where Fenris's mind will go considering it'll be exactly where it went in September when Fenris made Rafe promise to end him if he began to be affected the same as the rest of the peninsula.
He doesn't need to specify who would go first, nor who would be responsible for the killing blow if it came to that. Even if he hadn't led so often as to earn his name from Fenris based on it, the fact is that he doubts he could take Fenris down in a straight fight if it came down to bare knuckle brawling. Whereas Rafe... Well. Fenris knows where his heart is. ]
Without that somebody to have my back, who could tell the minute something wasn't right and have the spine to deal with it if necessary? I'd have dropped this plan in the trash about two seconds after thinking it up. [ His hands spread in appeasement and he ignores the quiet grating of bone where his humerus rubs against his shoulder. ] If you're not able to agree to this, then that's it. We look for something else. But I can tell you right now? That I didn't come to this lightly. I know how you feel about this kind of crap, but I believe this is our best option to get some real traction.