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( Then we need to watch her and make sure she doesn't forget who she is. )

[ which is really the only thing he can think of for them to do, as they can't just remove him. even if sam were the kind of person to go for that route, and weren't trying to give petre the benefit of the doubt, trying to kill him would get Cathaway and Prince on their ass so freaking fast. and that'd be a second Adara that was gone because of Castor. just. can't go there. ]

( We don't have a choice as it is. Talk to Angel, tell her you're worried. Make sure she knows to be wary. If Petre tries to hurt her, we're not far. )

[ A second Adara gone because of her, but she already knows how quick their elders were to spread the blame where it doesn't belong. Her anger simmers. She would take that blame in a heartbeat if only she could contain it. ]

( So that we can act once it is too late? )

[ loooord, okay. in all honesty, petre is a freaking infant. he's petty and obnoxious and the demon part makes that dangerous, but not to a point he thinks Angel couldn't handle it. and yet, Ilde's concerned, and that's what's more important to Sam at the moment. That, and, keeping Ilde from being culled for culling other people in the Nest. ]

( Okay, how about this. ) [ this is more than he wants to commit to, but Ilde needs something more that just Wait And Observe. ] ( Me and Angel, the way our heads work, they connect pretty easy and we're pretty comfortable with it. I'll keep watch on her mind. If stuff starts looking bad, I'll let you know, and we'll do something about it. )

[ """something""". lord. but honestly, it is true that he plans to keep an eye on her and her mind. Angel's sort of become really special to him, since getting to Bearings and all the time they've spent together doing tech stuff and talking AI philosophy. He'd much rather have Petre... well, not dead but excommunicated, at least, than let him bleed his grossness into Angel.

And lord freaking help that little imp if he actually hurts her. ]

[ She doesn't want to be placated, she wants Petre's head on a stick, strangled by his own entrails. It is the least ugly of the various tortures she has imagined for him. ]

( Why is this a negotiation. He is a monster, why is he amongst us at all. )

( Because us killing him puts all of Castor at risk. )

[ Just saying it straight forward. She understands self-preservation, and she understands that this brood is hers now. If they kill Petre, they're so far on Cathaway's shit list they probably won't make it back, and it'll set all the other broods against them. ]

( I don't know why he's with us, but it is what it is. Better that we know what he is, now, at least. )

( And what, you'd rather observe his offenses from the sidelines rather than address the situation? )

[ She doesn't see any other means of addressing it besides getting rid of him. There was no reformation for demons. ]

( He is beyond saving. )

( I'd rather keep my family safe than put them all in danger for the sake of getting rid of one asshole. )

[ Petre's a problem, but not one worth damning all of them. Consequences for everything. Not ones they're strong enough to fight, even as a group. ]

[ Wow eat shit and die, Anders. Don't talk sense to her, she's way too pissed off. ]

( He's more than merely that. If we keep him in this hive, what differentiates any of us. )

[ They've all made the choice, all sold their souls for power and continued life. What makes them any different. Maybe that is the seed of it all, her constant conflict over whether or not she is doing the right thing by being involved in any of this. Her feeling that perhaps she is a treacherous witch for accepting the symbiote inside of her. She is certain not living up to her ideals consorting with that thing. ]

[ don't you wow him, ms. murder princess ]

( I don't know, what keeps you from being an alcoholic, prophetic robot? )

[ maybe, someday, they'll bleed together inseparably. but even just looking at cathaway and prince, there's still such stark differences, and they'd been in a Brood rather than just the hive together for forty or sixty years. there's an allowance for control on there. ]

( You decide what you are. Maybe you hear us pushing on your mind, sure, but you decide what you let in. ) [ if any of them can do it, he'd think Ilde or Ren could. They seem to have the best handle on this thing. ] ( Ilde, you've walked through hell and made it out the other side already, and you won yourself a family. Do you want to let more hell take that from you? )

[ Her anger flares, a glorious pyre of utterly self-righteous indignation. So very unlike her usual cold distance and careful expressions. It was something easy to feel wrathful towards. Monsters. Demons. She's spent her entire life helpless before them, and now that she has the power to act, she is meant to step aside? If anyone thinks Petre's mind is ugly... they have not seen inside hers. They have not seen the retribution the Godking imposed upon those he deemed witch or demon, heretic or traitor. She would see that demon hanging from his neck, swaying in the breeze, toothless, eyeless. ]

( It is all worthless in compromise. )

[ that is, wow. okay. that's intense. it feels like he's just been gut-punched with the flare of rage that comes from her, the blur of monster and demons and fire and gore. topped out with the lovely visual of petre hanging, toothless and eyeless. the fury is a wall of choking smoke and fire, fueled by a life of torture by the hands of things like these.

it takes a moment for him to reply again, because she's right in that a compromise won't satisfy her. only petre's head, and that's not something sam can give to her. ]

( Ilde, where are you? )

( You think you will soothe me? )

[ She knows the tact, she uses it on everyone around her. Calming rage and sorrow, taking control of people with soft-spoken words and gentle eyes. She won't have it, not now. She will just have to solve this problem herself. ]

( Enough. )

[ Utterly dismissive. ]

( I think you shouldn't be alone right now, no matter if I'm soothing or annoying. )

[ part for what she's feeling and part for what she might do. don't make decisions when you're angry. or when you're too happy, really. both have a big potential to come out bad. moreso the former, but. yeah. ]

( Did you talk to Ren? )

( Send him if you think I cannot be trusted. )

[ Never before has her tone been so snide with him. ]

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( For his opinion on it. If you need babysitting, I'll do it my damn self. )

[ He may be an incredibly patient person, but doesn't mean he has to be sweet about it. ]

( We agreed we wouldn't do anything drastic without approval of the rest of the brood, right? Your word's good, isn't it? )

( I've made myself clear. )

[ Which isn't really an answer, now is it. ]

[ no it isn't. but he's thinking that's the best he's likely to get from her. whatever she wanted him to tell her about this, he doesn't have. so-- ]

( As someone in your brood, I'm trusting you to give a damn about us. As someone who cares about you, I think you need to find some calm before you drive yourself nuts with this. That's me being clear. )

LONGING a girl with golden hair, bright eyes and a soul like a star	CHILL lighten up a bit. it's only the end of the world.
FREEDOM fight 'em until we can't	CREATION harmony, connection, life, the universe, beyond human

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