I always put myself in destructive situations [W5, Friday]

[hydrokinetics]

[It took time. Everything took time as it always did. It took time for them to all calm down, it took time to heal physical wounds, it took time to properly remove the evidence of obscene crimes...but in the evening they were able to gather in one place away from everyone else. It hadn't been easy coordinating everything, but it was necessary.

And so here they were. All seven of them.]

...I don't really know where to start. [His voice is tight, but determined.] But we need everybody on the same page. Who wants to go first?

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[robitussin]

He said being in love with Hannibal was like being in love with the devil.

[SHE'SSSS SCREAMING INSIDE]

[impulsiveness]

Maybe it's less the ramblings of a drunk man, and more the tired grumbling of someone who knows that truth is stranger than fiction.
Anyone can pretend to be a good person if it suits their goals. Make it seem like they're kind and anyone who believes otherwise is lying through their teeth.

[JOINING??? IN THAT INTERNAL SCREAMING.]

[robitussin]

[This?? Is fucking horrifying??]

...I told him he was freaking me out, and he said that was good because maybe all of us would leave both of them alone. Otherwise, cows. That's what he said.

[LOOK SHE CAN BUY THE MANIPULATIVE BASTARD PART BUT PLEASE DON'T LET THE FOOD IMPLICATIONS BE A THING???]

[impulsiveness]

[....................................

someone has to say it]

Does that mean he likes his snacks MAN SIZED

[insincerely]

[.................]

Well then.

[robitussin]

Jason!

[She shakes her head.]

No. No way. That doesn't make sense. If he... [uuuugggghhhhh] Xion doesn't even know anything about medicine. They both found me. He could have easily pretended he was trying his best but let me bleed out anyways.

[insincerely]

Or he could let you, who's indebted to him for saving your life, live and maybe be a good defence for him.

Depends on which matters more to him.

[he can't believe this is a topic that's coming up]

[robitussin]

[She also does not want to have this conversation for obvious reasons but here they are!! Having it!!]

You don't think it would have earned him more brownie points if he was pretending to beat himself up for weeks afterwards for not being able to save a teenager?

[insincerely]

[He shrugs.]

Maybe he also enjoys your company. If he's the Deputy, then he's the one throwing people in the stocks. You haven't ended up in there, have you? Even though I honestly thought you'd be the one, instead of Russell.

[robitussin]

[She frowns, thinking it over.]

Maybe... He plays the harp. The first time we talked, we talked about music. He offered to help me relearn how to play the piano again after... You know. If it's something he isn't lying about and he legitimately enjoys - I don't know.

[insincerely]

Well, even psychopaths have to have hobbies.

[robitussin]

Good to know he's not willing to slaughter a fellow fan of Mozart. There are some lines none of us should cross.

[aggressive sarcasm to hide her slowly mounting horror, as always]

[impulsiveness]

Consider that saving you and Sei made him seem INDISPENSABLE. We need our doctor to survive, don't we? You said as much yourself, just a couple hours ago.

[robitussin]

Yeah, but that doesn't mean...

[She pauses for a moment, considering the fact that maybe she's so resistant to that idea even if she doesn't have a solid reason why might be further proof of his point.]

Jesus.