rewatched "The Puppetmaster," contemplating headcanon & things

[foreveryakone]

Well I hope you're enjoying yourself. Sure, I could use a history -- one before the... obvious -- even if you won't do much of anything worthwhile with it. Or are you reconsidering?

Our legacy does deserve more attention and respect than it got. A great deal more. So write away. You know very well I'm not going anywhere unless you finally make up that mind of yours for good.

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[tarrlokandload]

Will you never cease to be so posthumously vocal?

[amonaboat]

It's an unpleasant sign when she may be reconsidering letting you out.

[foreveryakone]

Not until it gets tiring, boy. You say that as if you ever listen.

[foreveryakone]

Don't tell me that bothers you.

[amonaboat]

[ Yes. ] Of course not.

[tarrlokandload]

I'd sooner listen to logic than madness, father.

[foreveryakone]

There's nowhere I'd rather be then where I already am. That's the choice I've made. [ But you know how that goes. ]

[foreveryakone]

So now you think I'm mad?

[amonaboat]

Is it? I was under the assumption that an arrangement like this was not something you would choose.

[foreveryakone]

Obviously I'm not talking about here.

[amonaboat]

Hm. Then where are you talking about? I never expected you to accept death so gracefully.

[bentbloodline]

The best legacy would be one that you had no involvement in.

[tarrlokandload]

What other drive could manifest in such a self-defeating prophecy?

[foreveryakone]

You really don't understand as much as you think you do.

[foreveryakone]

It isn't madness. I was never mad. I had very specific priorities.

[foreveryakone]

And where would that leave you?

[tarrlokandload]

Priorities that consumed you. Priorities that left you hollow.

[foreveryakone]

No. They kept me alive.

[tarrlokandload]

So then how would you describe what killed you?

[amonaboat]

I understand plenty, enough when it applies to you, and only that.

[foreveryakone]

I won't describe something we both already know.

[foreveryakone]

Obviously you don't. That's what happens when you leave.

[tarrlokandload]

You mean. Failure?

[foreveryakone]

It wasn't mine.

[tarrlokandload]

It was nothing short of a victory for me.