[He's conceding? It's fine. Harrow is out here ordering plain toast.] Well, you and Aquarius have a lot in common. [They have so much in common including the peckish bird only-eating-toast dislike of eating.]
Do you eat meat? If I got you a cheeseburger, would you puke?
[It's mostly teasing. But he would do it. Hmmm. He will get a pizza. Maybe Harrow will share if it's something only slightly communal.]
They didn't get rid of siblings, but I'm an only child. And I didn't grow up with other children around, for the most part. So I hardly care for childish games.
[Damn. He looks like he jokingly thought she was going to wow him with some kind of really controversial situation. Boo. (no)]
Your early childhood socialization. [As in "oh no."] Believe it or not, I was an only child for a long time. [Is this why they get on each other's nerves?] Until the rich white guy happened.
Yeah. B. He's the guy with the savior complex who adopted me off the street after my mom overdosed.
[Pizza is maybe a good buffer for controversial stuff. Like dead moms. Here is there pizza. She will have to pick off the pepperonis because they will be too spicy, but the cheese is good.]
Has a huge, old, Poe-looking mansion estate sitting on a hill outside of Gotham.
That's fine. [About Poe.] Can't say I ever knew the guy. Before my time. But he'd probably get a real kick out of you, I'd think.
[(poe voice) harrow has the right aesthetic]
Yeah. [He doesn't want to admit it because he spent the entire time still pretending he won't mix Bruce and Batman up, give it away.] He'd probably like you too actually. He can make bad jokes sometimes, but when he's working, he's very no nonsense. Likes to be rational, logical.
...Hm. Well, I shall take that as a compliment. I suppose if he takes in children he is a decent sort. [she's unaware she makes them dress up like bats and fight crime :( ]
I always thought my cavalier would like you. You both make very bad jokes and you are both reckless and stubborn. [this is not a compliment at all.]
I guess meat shields have one thing in common. [BEING DEAD.] Well, you're a necromancer, right? Don't know if I agree with the whole... necromancy thing as someone who was necromancied. Lot of ethical questions with that one.
I don't really bring people back, unless it's the immediate aftermath. Spirit calling isn't the sort of necromancy that I do, and it doesn't tend to be recommended. This case is a little bit complicated.
It's much easier to admit to it when that person is dead. Our relationship was complicated.
[she idly picks at the pizza, like she's deciding whether to try it.]
I said I grew up without other children around, but she was the exception. Nothing like a sibling, just an orphan that was left behind. Pilgrims and refugees wash up at our door sometimes to devote themselves to service; typically not infants, but it happens. She was a bit unusual in some respects, and as an infant she survived the incident that is the reason there were no other children in my House when I was young. My parents treated her abysmally because they were afraid of her, and so did I, and we grew up absolutely despising one another. To me, she was a living reminder of the worst things about my parents and the worst things about me. To her, I was just the person who bullied her and made her life hell just because I could.
And she was very important to me, because she was the only person in my House who saw me for myself. [...] We made amends later, once we got away from there. But I never really understood why she was willing to forgive me, and I can't accept that she felt she had to give her life for me when we had already taken so much from her we weren't entitled to.
[Despite thinking this is the most Harrow has ever said to him in one go, he listens. He's an ass, but not that much of an ass.]
Well, I'm not your cavalier, but if we're anything alike, the answer to the last part is pretty easy. [Maybe.] Sometimes, you're willing to do some stupid stuff for people that you love. Were you searching for something? Trying to do something? Maybe she thought there wasn't ever much point in her being alive, but she wanted you to keep going.
[He's just making an assumption, but it feels similar to him.]
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[He's conceding? It's fine. Harrow is out here ordering plain toast.] Well, you and Aquarius have a lot in common. [They have so much in common including the peckish bird only-eating-toast dislike of eating.]
Do you eat meat? If I got you a cheeseburger, would you puke?
[It's mostly teasing. But he would do it. Hmmm. He will get a pizza. Maybe Harrow will share if it's something only slightly communal.]
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[she makes a slight face.]
I eat meat, but not in portions like that. So yes, I would probably puke. [anyway be prepared to be disappointed when she thinks it's spicy.]
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[He laughs a little.] I get it. D doesn't eat meat at all, so I'm used to it. [Being rejected for his terrible American portion habits, he means.
Also, can't believe Harrow is just me.]
I'll do you one favor of your choosing if you try some pizza.
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[she's just being a brat though she will try pizza when it comes. probably.]
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[Not said in the way that he's great, but in the way that she gets to twist the arm of someone completely obnoxious.]
You must not have any siblings? They get rid of those in the future?
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[no, she knows exactly what he means.]
They didn't get rid of siblings, but I'm an only child. And I didn't grow up with other children around, for the most part. So I hardly care for childish games.
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[Damn. He looks like he jokingly thought she was going to wow him with some kind of really controversial situation. Boo. (no)]
Your early childhood socialization. [As in "oh no."] Believe it or not, I was an only child for a long time. [Is this why they get on each other's nerves?] Until the rich white guy happened.
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The rich white guy?
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[Pizza is maybe a good buffer for controversial stuff. Like dead moms. Here is there pizza. She will have to pick off the pepperonis because they will be too spicy, but the cheese is good.]
Has a huge, old, Poe-looking mansion estate sitting on a hill outside of Gotham.
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[but she's listening.]
He's the bat person? [she knows it's batman.]
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[(poe voice) harrow has the right aesthetic]
Yeah. [He doesn't want to admit it because he spent the entire time still pretending he won't mix Bruce and Batman up, give it away.] He'd probably like you too actually. He can make bad jokes sometimes, but when he's working, he's very no nonsense. Likes to be rational, logical.
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...Hm. Well, I shall take that as a compliment. I suppose if he takes in children he is a decent sort. [she's unaware she makes them dress up like bats and fight crime :( ]
I always thought my cavalier would like you. You both make very bad jokes and you are both reckless and stubborn. [this is not a compliment at all.]
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He laughs a little.] It's... a love-hate relationship. [He seems amused by the last part, even if he pretends to try being offended.]
Wow, thanks. "Cavalier"? Like... a knight?
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[Him being the meat shield and often him making himself the meat shield. Sometimes you just... have a lot of meat to take a hit with.]
So you're the nerd with the powers, and you have some muscle.
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[so it's a little bit sad.]
Fixable, though, I think, if I can get out of here. But quite dead, due to excessive meat shielding.
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I guess meat shields have one thing in common. [BEING DEAD.] Well, you're a necromancer, right? Don't know if I agree with the whole... necromancy thing as someone who was necromancied. Lot of ethical questions with that one.
But... I get it.
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To see what she says.]
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[...]
And insufficient.
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You love her.
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Like... admit to it.
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It's much easier to admit to it when that person is dead. Our relationship was complicated.
[she idly picks at the pizza, like she's deciding whether to try it.]
I said I grew up without other children around, but she was the exception. Nothing like a sibling, just an orphan that was left behind. Pilgrims and refugees wash up at our door sometimes to devote themselves to service; typically not infants, but it happens. She was a bit unusual in some respects, and as an infant she survived the incident that is the reason there were no other children in my House when I was young. My parents treated her abysmally because they were afraid of her, and so did I, and we grew up absolutely despising one another. To me, she was a living reminder of the worst things about my parents and the worst things about me. To her, I was just the person who bullied her and made her life hell just because I could.
And she was very important to me, because she was the only person in my House who saw me for myself. [...] We made amends later, once we got away from there. But I never really understood why she was willing to forgive me, and I can't accept that she felt she had to give her life for me when we had already taken so much from her we weren't entitled to.
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Well, I'm not your cavalier, but if we're anything alike, the answer to the last part is pretty easy. [Maybe.] Sometimes, you're willing to do some stupid stuff for people that you love. Were you searching for something? Trying to do something? Maybe she thought there wasn't ever much point in her being alive, but she wanted you to keep going.
[He's just making an assumption, but it feels similar to him.]
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