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[bagofcats]

Mundane,

Your amusement at my expense suits my would-be puppeteer ill, and you would do well to end this course of action at once. I do not exist to be the punchline to your humorless jokes, nor to submit to whatever fancy strikes you.

Respect is integral to any working relationship. Seeing as you have none of it for a prince, let alone a god, abandon this. Now.

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[bagofcats]

[ he underestimated you once - never again. ]

Have you not something to say, woman?

[vdova]

[ Smart man. ] What, no antiquated insults this time?

[bagofcats]

[ well, yes. when he's not throwing the universe's biggest temper tantrum. ]

Would you prefer them? I am ever so good with words, perhaps I could find something that would suffice.

[vdova]

You're not that good with words. I've heard it all before. [ She raises an eyebrow. ]

[bagofcats]

But not from me. [ a grin ] What did your Russian handlers tell you when they first brought you in as a child? I could spin it sweeter for you, or make it bite.

[vdova]

[ Oh, that stabs her right in the heart. But the only indication is a slight narrowing of her eyes. She doesn't need to manipulate him, not this time. ] I've still heard it all before. You're going to have to do better than that.