KARLACHHHHH

[bookpapers]

one day ill have images prepared

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[bookpapers]

[at that, he smiles -- a little wryly,]

...Dunno if I even know that. What's right for me.

What about you? It sounds like you know a lot better than I do.

[ablazement]

What, what's right for me?

[shrug.]

I said it before, right? I'm alive. You can bet your ass I'm going to feel everything that's available to me. Fuck what anybody else says.

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[he laughs at that]

Can't imagine you being any other way.

[and for karlach who'd been conscripted and forced to do something else? he can see how precious that is,]

[ablazement]

[a little hum.]

Glad I've made myself clear on that one. [she says, amused.] There's no time like the present, by the way. To learn what's right for you.

[bookpapers]

...If not now, then never, huh? [...] I'll keep it in mind.

[and maybe he already has, but that's a whole other issue entirely. instead, he peers up at karlach]

...Can I ask you about Enver Gortash? I read it on your back.

[ablazement]

[oof. well. fair's fair.

she does tense at the name, her tail flicking angrily back and forth. but.]

... My old boss. [she says, glancing away.]

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[it's very clear body language, and yet Lavi follows it up with another question,]

...The one who conscripted you?

[ablazement]

Yeah, that's the one. Sold me out.

[she sounds more pissed than anything.]

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[he narrows his single eye at this... this feels familiar?]

...They made you fight and then betrayed you?

[ablazement]

Worked for him for years. I was his bodyguard until I wasn't.

[silence for a moment.]

Ten years ago, now.

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[lavi would not call himself an expert on relationships, but time is vital for all of them. he looks her way]

...Did he ever say why?

[ablazement]

Not exactly.

I figured it out eventually. He was in line to be the Archduke, so - I figure whatever deal he made, it was me for that power.

[bookpapers]

Hope it wasn't worth it. [(bugs bunny voice) i wish you a very good die] He can get the bottom rung if he likes climbing up ladders so much.

[ablazement]

[she laughs at that!]

He hasn't got much climbing to do at all now, thankfully. He's dead.