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[nighttemplar]

You've reached Alessandro. Be a good chap and leave a message with my man, Floote
I assure you, your message will be answered in due time

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[ettersberg]

Ah, no. I agree that it isn't the time for that.

[ it seems frivolous now, especially when he thinks back to how he'd been planning on testing whether alessandro's soullessness affects him, too, what spell he was planning on casting.

(although the thought of alessandro with his shirt soaked is an appealing one even now. he pushes that notion very far down.) ]

I merely wanted to inquire as to your safety.

[nighttemplar]

More is the pity. But satisfying my curiosity must come later. I've business I must attend to.

[Surely, Thomas must know, that his business is hunting. It's killing. And he doesn't discriminate. His enemy is his enemy no matter who or what it is. In this place of sex and sin, he's finally found his place in it..]

That's very kind of you. I can assure you that I'm not harmed. I can also assure you any that decide to accost me are quite the opposite of that. I do, however, hope that you are somewhere safe and away from this all.

You've...you've fought enough. Stay where it is safe and look out for those nearby.

[ettersberg]

[ thomas remembers them building a life together. he remembers small conversations, half-remembered in the dream. he doesn't know how true these things are now, but he thinks he understands what alessandro used to be. what he is, perhaps. ]

I am quite safe.

[ and more than capable of looking after himself and those around him, if need be.

you've fought enough, alessandro says, and thomas's chest clenches almost painfully with the reminder of ettersberg and everything that followed. ]

[nighttemplar]

[He says that when he's fought and killed for so long. When he's out there, hurting and fighting and killing right now. But this is what he does and every person he takes out, every time he uses his skills for the Rubies, that's supplies for Jon and the rest of those who are his.]

I'm glad you're safe. Please stay that way. I know it's a bit strange, but I feel like I don't want anything to happen to you. And don't worry about me. This is where I thrive.

[ettersberg]

[ thomas ought to be out there, perhaps. he ought to do more to keep the peace — but it isn't her majesty's peace, here, and he isn't an officer of the law or any branch of the military. for the first time in his entire adult life, he is simply a civilian with no duty to this city or this country.

it's an odd thing, that.

and maybe it is odd, too, that they care about one another in some way when they hardly know each other, but the truth is that thomas feels the same way. he wouldn't want anything to happen to alessandro. ]

I'll do my best to remain safe if you'll do the same.

[ in different ways, perhaps &mdas; alessandro out there, thomas not so much. ]