I agree it's the best strategy. [She's not overly concerned about saving the dead, actually.] So long as it doesn't endanger us, and so long as Mollymauk is still permitted to use his wish for Beau.
Tealeaf is allowed to do whatever he wishes, theoretically, so long as he's indulging enough. From the looks of things however he seems to be doing alright for himself.
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You've done well. I trust you to continue doing well in the upcoming weeks.
[Please don't talk to her about how much he's indulging? Neither of us want this?
. . . Anyway. A thing about Harrow is that getting any kind of encouragement from a respected authority figure is really her biggest emotional weakness and I had to stop and consider how embarrassing her reaction to him saying this would be. Honestly it's too bad this is set before the Lust drama because this would get her to just confess to every single thing she's done wrong in her life.]
I don't know about that. Even if my wish is a good one. . . [Molly said it was, so it must be.] I just have the most dreadful feeling about all of it, that it's all going to go wrong somehow.
[truly. also, hm. harrow...it's fine. this really truly is just like talking to franziska but with less yelling and whipping so it seems to come naturally to him. he doesn't think of it as much of a weakness and he doesn't think he has that much of an impact. it doesn't mean he'll stop trying, of course.]
A healthy sense of self-preservation isn't a terrible thing to hold. [because...everything good is too good to be true until it's actually in your hands, and even then you have to hold onto it to ensure it doesn't crumble immediately.] It means you have time to prepare for damage control if things go wrong in the first place.
[there's a pause.] ...and when the unexpected occurs, you can only utilize all of your resources and power to do what you can to make things right again.
That I'm less sure of. [he'll admit that easily enough, though there's a pause of thought.] ...but I would prefer not to put you in danger if I can help it.
[...this is probably a holdover from whatever happened on thursday, but the point stands.]
Dogs can be very well-behaved if they're trained. Maus in particular has been trained by me the longest of the dogs available in the park. [therefore, greed is very biased about this missile-stand-in.]
I've never let any dog of mine behave in such a foolish manner. [this is a lie because there are definitely threads where maus is chewing on greed's cravat and he does fuckall about it.]
They're much more attentive than Gluttony's cats, at least.
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[there's a pause...]
You've done well. I trust you to continue doing well in the upcoming weeks.
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. . . Anyway. A thing about Harrow is that getting any kind of encouragement from a respected authority figure is really her biggest emotional weakness and I had to stop and consider how embarrassing her reaction to him saying this would be. Honestly it's too bad this is set before the Lust drama because this would get her to just confess to every single thing she's done wrong in her life.]
I don't know about that. Even if my wish is a good one. . . [Molly said it was, so it must be.] I just have the most dreadful feeling about all of it, that it's all going to go wrong somehow.
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A healthy sense of self-preservation isn't a terrible thing to hold. [because...everything good is too good to be true until it's actually in your hands, and even then you have to hold onto it to ensure it doesn't crumble immediately.] It means you have time to prepare for damage control if things go wrong in the first place.
[there's a pause.] ...and when the unexpected occurs, you can only utilize all of your resources and power to do what you can to make things right again.
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That is what I am trying to do, yes. If I feel that I know what to expect, then perhaps I can do something about it.
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[he does sound like he regrets it, at least.]
As they say. Expect the unexpected.
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That some of you have different views on what we ought to learn for ourselves?
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[...this is probably a holdover from whatever happened on thursday, but the point stands.]
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I'm requesting that that ceases to be a consideration.
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[. . .]
I don't have all that much to lose, compared to some. And moreover, I can handle it.
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...[there are a few things he could say here, but he's choosing not to.]
Fine.
[and apparently he has chosen to shut down that line of conversation for some reason.]
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. . . You weren't wrong. Maus is very well behaved compared to some of the dogs.
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Dogs can be very well-behaved if they're trained. Maus in particular has been trained by me the longest of the dogs available in the park. [therefore, greed is very biased about this missile-stand-in.]
...he's been a good companion.
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[Not a dog person.]
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I've never let any dog of mine behave in such a foolish manner. [this is a lie because there are definitely threads where maus is chewing on greed's cravat and he does fuckall about it.]
They're much more attentive than Gluttony's cats, at least.