this is what we call a voicetest.

[hardchoices]

You really think this is such a good idea? [ He obviously doesn't. ] We both have plenty of other things to focus on - more important things, in my case - so why don't you just run off and play with someone else and leave me alone?

And no, that someone else does not include my daughter. Don't think for a second that I haven't noticed what you've been doing with her.

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[hardchoices]

[ Whatever it is, Chris doesn't appreciate it very much.

His jaw clenches, more in irritation than anything, before he responds. ] It wouldn't be a problem if you could keep your fangs to yourself.

[burninhale]

Do you really want to go down the road of "you started it," Chris? Because this particular road starts with your sister. Couldn't I just as justifiably say it wouldn't be a problem if your sister could keep her mass killing and arson to herself? To say nothing of what she did to Derek.

[hardchoices]

[ He's not even going to argue against that because saying he would've stopped her from killing only the innocent ones (and the humans) doesn't seem like the best choice right now. ]

Alright, fine, but you got your revenge. Kate's dead now; what more could you possibly want?

[burninhale]

Don't act like this is about me in any way. You know who's driving the conflict now, and I have nothing to do with it.

[... well, if he'd beat Gerald to their target, he certainly would be "contributing" to the "conflict," or in other words, killing everyone ever.]

[hardchoices]

Just because you have nothing to do with that doesn't mean you don't have something else planned. My mun and I just haven't figured out what it is yet.

[burninhale]

Well, god forbid I make plans to survive being slaughtered by code-breaking hunters. Do you think I want to do all this? Do you think I enjoy biting teenagers and herding them like cats? Because I really, really don't. You know where I'd like to be? I'd like to go back to that night, a few hours before the fire that killed my family and put me in a hell I've never actually left. I'd love that. I'd love to be that person again. But I can't. And since your little girl seems ready to blossom into a new Kate, maybe what happens in this town between werewolves and hunters rests more on you than on me. Did you ever think about that, you sad little bystander of a man? Or are you only capable of taking action when it comes to killing your wife?