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[guyliner]

I won't lie, departing from the grandiose legacy I've built won't be easy. Nor will leaving my family. Their dedication, loyalty, and honesty means everything to me. Part of me can't fathom a world without them.

Yet, I've been blessed with the opportunity to start anew. A clean slate, void of any potential wrongdoings in my past. This place is full of people like myself. Incredibly special people. Divine miracles.

I look forward to this blessed opportunity. I will build something magnificent.

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[pushfall]

Grandiose legacy? You've got to be kidding.

[guyliner]

Despite my efforts, I don't expect you to understand.

[pushfall]

Your efforts involved trying to kill a whole bunch of people, so, no, I don't really understand. I'm okay with that.

[guyliner]

Like I said, I was doing you all a favor. I expected at the very least, a sliver of gratefulness.

But it looks like betrayal is infectious.

[pushfall]

A favor? Really?

Maybe betrayal is catching, but it's a good thing insanity's not.

[guyliner]

If it's insane to wish to be in a society free of disgusting biases and relentless prejudices--if it's insane to desire global acceptance and rid ourselves of the insects that infest our society--then I don't want to be sane.

1/2

[pushfall]

Yeah, none of that's insane at all.

[pushfall]

What you wanted to do - telling the world about us, proving... some kind of a point - it's not a bad idea, in theory. It's the part where you think everyone else is an insect and the only way to mark your place is to squash them that's the problem. There are better, less insane ways of doing that. Even Sylar was against you.

[guyliner]

Then tell me, Claire Bennet, how would you do it?

[pushfall]

I don't -

I was thinking of falling back on a bake sale, but I'm not sure I have that much frosting.

[fuckyouboots]

Great. Somebody else full of shit.

[guyliner]

Quick to jump to conclusions, aren't we?

[fuckyouboots]

Not really. You opened your mouth and confirmed your bullshit for all and sundry.

[guyliner]

Because I spoke with sincerity?

[fuckyouboots]

That's what you think.

[guyliner]

And you're basing your opinion of me only on assumptions. I suppose that makes us even.

[fuckyouboots]

Actually, experience. Any fool who comes out of the box claiming a legacy is a fool. full of shit.

[guyliner]

Well there you have it then. You've made up your mind. I suppose the only option is to say that you know me so well.

[molotovmartinis]

Strictly speaking, I don't think you could qualify me as divine.

[guyliner]

You'd be surprised about what I classify as divinity.

[molotovmartinis]

That's special.

[guyliner]

That's one word for it.

[molotovmartinis]

So will you vouch for my divinity? I'm just curious.

[guyliner]

Depends on what kind of... person you are.

[rhinemaid]

[ a long pause. ]

What?

[guyliner]

You're going to have to be more specific.

[rhinemaid]

[ settling on: ] Build what?

[guyliner]

A entirely new destiny.

[rhinemaid]

You're being vague.

[ js. ]

[guyliner]

Is this surprising? An unknown future is vague, isn't it?

[rhinemaid]

Goals shouldn't be.

[guyliner]

Right you are. But do you share the entirety of your goals with complete strangers? That's a little unfair, isn't it?

[rhinemaid]

Sharing enough to be specific without being genuinely forthcoming masks evasiveness more effectively.

[ look, she's helpful. ]

[guyliner]

[ ZING. ]

You're set on making me out to be someone you perceive me to be. Solely based on assumptions. And by the looks of it, you will refuse to believe otherwise. If I don't elaborate, you'll continue to hold this opinion so very close to your heart. If I do elaborate, you'll only come to further conclusions that may or may not be true. And if they aren't? You've condemned a righteous man.

Which, if I may make an assumption, I'm sure isn't a foreign habit to you.

[rhinemaid]

[ patiently: ] You don't seem to want to talk about what your goals are. I wouldn't share everything with perfect strangers, either; it's easier to tell people something I don't mind sharing and leaving it at that. Hence.

I don't know what you are. So I was curious.

[ but if he'd rather be offended... ]

[guyliner]

I'm just a man who wants to redirect people away from the road to perdition. And I suppose that my arrival in a brave new world will allow me to start anew. I don't claim to be perfect and my methods in the past have been less than admirable.

[ pfft. ]

[rhinemaid]

Baedal is a good place to start over.

Not everyone likes it there. I do.

[sleevewornheart]

Why do I have the feeling you're not actually gonna embrace that clean slate?

Except to, like, scribble all over it or something.

[ :| ]

[guyliner]

You're implying that I've somehow wronged this world in the past.

[sleevewornheart]

You sure tried to. Big time. I can't just let that go.

[guyliner]

And trying to help all of us, to help you was wrong? Trying to rectify our existence? Your naivety never ceases to amaze me.

[sleevewornheart]

But you weren't trying to help all of us. Just the ones like you. That's not gonna do anything for those of us who are different, except make that divide even bigger.

[guyliner]

If you hadn't had a hand in forcing my entire family to betray me, I think you would have seen differently.

Though, you're accustomed to the gut wrenching sensation of losing those you care about. So perhaps subconsciously, you just wanted to inflict that pain on others. We couldn't be more alike.