He pulled a similar thing on me about a month after we arrived here, cornered me outside the boarding house. Caught me off-guard, and that doesn't happen often.
( a pause, considering. )
I can't do much more for you right now. Not until I've figured out what his deal is. But maybe we'll have Mavis tag along, too. She's good at keeping him distracted.
[The shape of his tone around that phrase is disdain for the idea itself, not Mavis for thinking it. Good men don't exist, as far as he's concerned, and even when they do, that doesn't stop them doing bad things. But maybe it would be useful - seeing how Mavis interacts with him. Seeing how he interacts with Mavis.
Though he dislikes the idea of John cornering Aristaeus just as much as himself. Even if Aristaeus is way more capable of defending himself than Murphy is.]
If you don't know about him being a thousands of years old necromantic ruler of an intergalactic empire, I might be able to give you some details.
They've been doing it to her since her power manifested.
( there's a stunning irony to the fact, honestly. if her people had kept her close rather than shoved her out into the desert, they'd probably still be alive right now, but. )
Here, though? Her ex-roommate did something to her before she moved in. She hasn't shared specifics, which means it's bad enough that I'd probably kill him.
[Do you want to understand? Or do you want to throw things and hit me? Mavis had asked, the day she'd moved in. Murphy hadn't pressed then, had trusted Mavis had dealt with it herself, and for the same reason, he doesn't tell Aristaeus now. If she doesn't want Aristaeus going after him, Murphy won't circumvent that.
But he will make sure to line all the pieces up himself.]
How the hell was he her roommate if he had that kind of problem with her?
[There's a beat. Then Murphy laughs. It's a short huff, sharp. Mean.]
Yeah, of course it is.
[The weird bullshit questions about where Murphy was sleeping made sense now. He should've left him in the cages. Now he's going to have to apply some effort to making things unpleasant for him.]
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He pulled a similar thing on me about a month after we arrived here, cornered me outside the boarding house. Caught me off-guard, and that doesn't happen often.
( a pause, considering. )
I can't do much more for you right now. Not until I've figured out what his deal is. But maybe we'll have Mavis tag along, too. She's good at keeping him distracted.
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[The shape of his tone around that phrase is disdain for the idea itself, not Mavis for thinking it. Good men don't exist, as far as he's concerned, and even when they do, that doesn't stop them doing bad things. But maybe it would be useful - seeing how Mavis interacts with him. Seeing how he interacts with Mavis.
Though he dislikes the idea of John cornering Aristaeus just as much as himself. Even if Aristaeus is way more capable of defending himself than Murphy is.]
If you don't know about him being a thousands of years old necromantic ruler of an intergalactic empire, I might be able to give you some details.
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( a warning; there's a history there nobody wants to fuck with lightly. the last thing they need is for this to turn into another felipe situation. )
Then the unplanned vacation is probably not doing his mood any favours.
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People are doing that to her? Who?
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( there's a stunning irony to the fact, honestly. if her people had kept her close rather than shoved her out into the desert, they'd probably still be alive right now, but. )
Here, though? Her ex-roommate did something to her before she moved in. She hasn't shared specifics, which means it's bad enough that I'd probably kill him.
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But he will make sure to line all the pieces up himself.]
How the hell was he her roommate if he had that kind of problem with her?
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Yeah, of course it is.
[The weird bullshit questions about where Murphy was sleeping made sense now. He should've left him in the cages. Now he's going to have to apply some effort to making things unpleasant for him.]