I'm tired of being kicked around. Anyway, the only point of being rich is it means no one can touch you. And I'm rich. I should take advantage of that.
[ Deliberately missing the point. He fidgets uncomfortably, confronted with that. It is rather Miles-like recklessness, isn't it? And he doesn't like the thought of being Miles-like in any way, shape, or form. But -
But the thought lingers in the back of his mind that this isn't, perhaps, a Miles trait. Maybe it's a Vorkosigan trait. And he's a Vorkosigan too, isn't he? ]
Look, I'm scared as hell of her. Him. Whichever. Piss-my-pants scared. But there are these cannibals in the world who can keep cannibalizing as long as no one stands up to them. And crouching in the dirt and licking their boots kills you in a different way. Slower but worse. It's better to die standing up to him, isn't it?
No. No, it's really not. I've never gotten that, why people think dying one way can be better than another just because it's more noble. You're still dead at the end. Perception doesn't count for much with that.
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Date: 2016-12-24 06:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-24 06:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-24 07:00 pm (UTC)I'm tired of being kicked around. Anyway, the only point of being rich is it means no one can touch you. And I'm rich. I should take advantage of that.
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Date: 2016-12-25 05:23 am (UTC)Go on, I'll wait.
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Date: 2016-12-25 05:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-26 04:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-26 05:42 pm (UTC)But the thought lingers in the back of his mind that this isn't, perhaps, a Miles trait. Maybe it's a Vorkosigan trait. And he's a Vorkosigan too, isn't he? ]
Look, I'm scared as hell of her. Him. Whichever. Piss-my-pants scared. But there are these cannibals in the world who can keep cannibalizing as long as no one stands up to them. And crouching in the dirt and licking their boots kills you in a different way. Slower but worse. It's better to die standing up to him, isn't it?
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Date: 2016-12-26 06:47 pm (UTC)If you can stand, you can run. That's better.
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Date: 2016-12-26 06:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-28 04:52 am (UTC)It's more that I especially disapprove when said person being burned is me.
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Date: 2016-12-28 05:00 am (UTC)[ Sorry, Rincewind. ]
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Date: 2016-12-28 05:17 am (UTC)Now if I just make sure my body's also "absent" I can avoid being the target for pain, death, or a magic mark again too.
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Date: 2016-12-28 05:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-30 04:15 am (UTC)[well what? Well that's a kind, doomed thought which is no less surprisingly, incredibly kind for being doomed?]
that goes for you too you know. You're one of the only sensible friends I've got here, I'm not eager to lose you to an ash bin.
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Date: 2016-12-30 02:17 pm (UTC)Yeah, and likewise. You're one of the only sensible friends I have, too.
[ He thinks. What is a friend even. ]
If it helps, I don't have any intention of getting thrown in any ash bins. I'm angry, not suicidal.
[ He's not Miles, after all. ]