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[deadlyname]

I will admit that I am... surprised by this. It is quite a departure from your usual band of well-meaning rogues.

And after all this time.

I have to wonder what it is you expect to accomplish by this. I suspect that this is merely a test, stretching your legs as it were. Just to see if you can. If this is the case, I hope you have mind where you leave me when you're through, I'm sure that we both know I won't be staying in prison for long, but that doesn't mean I wish to be returned there.

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[hornhead]

If you get out, you can expect the devil to come knocking, Fisk.

[deadlyname]

When.

And is it strange that I look forward to that meeting?

[hornhead]

That depends on whether or not you're asking a masochist.

Regardless, I can assure you that the feeling isn't mutual.

[deadlyname]

Oh? Are you that concerned that you won't survive another round?

[hornhead]

If there's anything you've taught me, it's a minuscule understanding of selflessness. No. I'm not concerned about my own survival.

What I am concerned about is you, wasting my time at the expense of innocent lives. Again.

[deadlyname]

[He makes a quiet, thoughtful sound] You truly believe that anyone in this city is innocent?

[hornhead]

Does it really come as any surprise that you and I don't share the same beliefs?

[ingrantitude]

[Ward's voice is quiet, arms crossed] You're quite the optimist.

[deadlyname]

Perhaps. Though mostly it's simply knowing how things work.

[ingrantitude]

So few people don't. It's a tragedy. It'll never bring them happiness or closure.

[deadlyname]

I would complain, but it does make things easier for those of us who do know.

Once you know how something works, you know how to make it work to your advantage.

[ingrantitude]

[Despite everything Ward manages a knowing smile, but it's not entirely there.]

...And use it to better people?

[deadlyname]

Perhaps. Not everyone can be bettered. Not everyone deserves the hand up. But some, certainly.

[clairetemple_rn]

Right. You're right where you belong, Fisk.

[deadlyname]

Perhaps, though as of right now I'm not exactly anywhere.

It's ... bothersome, really. Being Schrodinger's Villain, as it were.

[clairetemple_rn]

As opposed to the cat? Well, yeah, I guess you could say that.

[OOC: Totally meta: Yeah...who knows where he will be in the series future.]

[deadlyname]

In prison, or on my way there anywhere but here. Here, now, there's a world of possibilities, time will tell which one the mun decides on. Or more than one, that's how possibilities work.

[ooc: ugh, I know, right? Part of why I'm flailing over him having made himself at home at this point in the game.]

[clairetemple_rn]

My mun is just trying to work on a what if plot also. I mean, who knows if I will appear any other time? Plus, she wants to take back what I said to Matt and have them together...but that's not working out so well.

[OOC: This is hard. I just wonder if I should give her up, because I ship them so hard. LOL]

[deadlyname]

'what-if' is what I'm getting the most of right now, and I can't say I mind, though it would be better if she'd just decide.

[gradational]

So it's only a test, then?

[deadlyname]

Perhaps. I'm a far cry from her usual sort, I don't know if she'll keep me for the long run, but I may make myself at home.

[gradational]

Sometimes it's worth it even if it is only temporary.

[deadlyname]

If the Buddhists are to be believed, everything is temporary.

[gradational]

And what do you believe?

[deadlyname]

That some things are more temporary than others. That some things are beyond redemption. And that we all do what we must.