[ It's disconcerting, and dangerous -- how completely Amber has gulled her. It's also a reminder of how careful you must be about what you believe in, and how much it can cost you. Studying Korra's face -- a hard shield, as if primed for his resistance -- he wonders how certain she is of her own mind. How easily can she be swayed, how much of this weird faith in Amber -- or Amber's cause -- is self-delusion? ]
[ His next gambit might give him a clue. Warnings and threats have yielded little results. Maybe it's time to be more direct? Something in his gut clenches a little -- a chill white lattice of tension -- at the prospect, which goes against every operational aspect of his nature. ]
[ If he notices her gaze flickering beyond his periphery, as if she's spotted someone -- help, threat -- he doesn't let on. (Impossible to imagine he hasn't noticed, though.) ]
[ Quietly, ]
You don't know what she's involved you in. I do -- because the last time, she wiped out half a continent to achieve her goals. I can't let that happen again. [ Not without learning where Pai could be. ] Help me take her down. In exchange, I'll help you break away from the Syndicate. New identity. New life. Whatever it takes.
[ The Syndicate won't devote half as much manpower to hunting her down -- when they're too busy coming after him for his betrayal. Not that it matters. He's set himself on this path since he'd learnt UB001 was still alive, her star dazzling in the sky. This slow-sweeping bonfire of bloody-minded self-destruction was sparked so that no one else would beat him to his own revenge. ]
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Date: 2015-04-27 03:21 am (UTC)[ His next gambit might give him a clue. Warnings and threats have yielded little results. Maybe it's time to be more direct? Something in his gut clenches a little -- a chill white lattice of tension -- at the prospect, which goes against every operational aspect of his nature. ]
[ If he notices her gaze flickering beyond his periphery, as if she's spotted someone -- help, threat -- he doesn't let on. (Impossible to imagine he hasn't noticed, though.) ]
[ Quietly, ]
You don't know what she's involved you in. I do -- because the last time, she wiped out half a continent to achieve her goals. I can't let that happen again. [ Not without learning where Pai could be. ] Help me take her down. In exchange, I'll help you break away from the Syndicate. New identity. New life. Whatever it takes.
[ The Syndicate won't devote half as much manpower to hunting her down -- when they're too busy coming after him for his betrayal. Not that it matters. He's set himself on this path since he'd learnt UB001 was still alive, her star dazzling in the sky. This slow-sweeping bonfire of bloody-minded self-destruction was sparked so that no one else would beat him to his own revenge. ]