oh no no no nonono

[notordinary]

Oh. Oh.

This is good. This is good.

It isn't enough for you, anymore, is it. You're getting bored. I could have told you - could have warned you. He's ordinary. He's on the side of the angels. He'll always be boring, and you'll always want more.

You know the City, now, you know her webs - her intrigues - you know every last thread you could pull and twist.

You and I... We could bring the whole house of cards down. We could really show them something interesting. We could make sure no one was bored. We--



SHUT. UP.

IDIOT. COWARD.

Say no to me, and I will destroy you. Not today, oh no.

But just wait.

I'll burn you hollow from the inside.

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[notordinary]

Disagreement? No. No, no.

He's like me. Sometimes. When he's not being boring.

He needs me.

[hacktivist]

A mutual obsession?

[notordinary]

[He just smiles. Just for a moment. But it's a smile better belonging on a viper than on a man.]

It's all about stories, Ghost.

Can't have a hero without a villain, can you.

[hacktivist]

Hm.

And which are you?

[notordinary]

I'm the devil.

Obviously.

[hacktivist]

Hm. Not my devil.

[notordinary]

[There's a tiny smile, and then a wider one.]

No. No, not yours.

The entire point of a Ghost is that it goes to neither. So you aren't with the angels, and you aren't with me.


A Free. Agent.