on AU vs OU; game is outer_divide

[lehnsherr]

The Charles and Raven he knows will be there. So why have you decided that I am the one you wish to send in his place?

I have business to take care of, as we both are well aware. By sending me to that world you're buying Shaw more time. So tell me, which would you prefer; having to deal with him and his gratefulness at a reunion, or being left with me?

Don't let your stubbornness get in the way of making the right choice.

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[radars]

Because you'd be much more manageable.

No offense.

[lehnsherr]

My other self seems manageable enough, now.

[Now that he's not Blowing Shit Up anymore.]

She doesn't want me to reach Cuba. I can't just ignore that Shaw's still alive and go off to this...planet.

[radars]

I could give you the intimate, telepathic sensation of his mind slipping into death, then we could call it a day. How's that?

[lehnsherr]

I'm not him, Charles. I don't want you in my head.

[radars]

Why not? I only wish I was unscrupulous enough to alter anything without your permission.

[lehnsherr]

My mind is my own, and the other Charles has already seen more of it than I ever wished to share.

[radars]

I may have too many scruples to change anything, but I've no compunction about looking.

Fair warning.

[lehnsherr]

And if I asked you not to?

[radars]

Pardon me, my friend, but you tried to have me killed. I'll stay on my toes, thank you kindly.

[lehnsherr]

I didn't.

[radars]

My nightmares don't know the difference.

[lehnsherr]

Then find another way to keep out.

[radars]

How clear can I make this? -- I'm not afraid of you, and I won't bow to your ultimatums.

[lehnsherr]

I'm not asking you to fear me. I'm asking you to respect my privacy.

[radars]

Then give me a reason to trust you.

[lehnsherr]

Would you even bother waiting long enough for me to give you one?

[radars]

...point taken.

I'm sorry. I suppose it isn't fair, but it will be a long time before I can truly trust someone with that face.

[lehnsherr]

I'm not him. You above all people should be capable of telling us apart.

[radars]

I thought I knew him; I don't know you.

Your minds taste very similar, though. Like metal, though I wonder if I have that comparison only because I already know.

[lehnsherr]

If, on the world, you can't keep yourself from reading my mind or from forcing your comparisons on me, I suggest you focus your efforts on keeping your distance instead.

[Not that he particularly wants to miss out on dealing with a familiar face. But his mind will always be a no-go zone.]

[radars]

I have it on good authority that there will be plenty of distance to keep.

...if you try to steal Raven from me, in this world, there will be consequences.

And I promise that's my last threat.

[lehnsherr]

She's your sister in my world. I wouldn't try to take her from you.

[radars]

You do in your world.

[lehnsherr]

No. She'll make that choice for herself.

[radars]

Not without, shall we say, significant persuasion.

[lehnsherr]

The decision will still be her own to make.

[messiahed]

They never make the 'right' choice.

[lehnsherr]

She'll come to regret it if she doesn't.