This is the long pause of a man who once had a lover with a genuinely intimidating temper, who cared for her deeply, and who is now deciding whether he wants to take this particular conversation in the teeth or throw Trevor directly under the bus.]
Should I have said, I'm very sorry for waking you both?
I -- don't have very good control of myself in a fight.
So there are certain safety concerns about allowing myself to spar, but I'll have to if I want to ever train myself out of that problem....
[They were definitely going to talk safety precautions and not just make sure that Trevor was fine with death as a potential consequence of fighting! That's clearly how that conversation was going, except that it was too late at night to get into the details....]
I think when Death is broken and you can resurrect in a week's time, yes: it loses some of its mystery and importance the second, third, or fourth time you die.
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Re: [late at night]
[And it's less the late hour and more the idea that he doesn't want to be discussing his possible death in front of her]
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Yes, you can talk about it later. With me.
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This is the long pause of a man who once had a lover with a genuinely intimidating temper, who cared for her deeply, and who is now deciding whether he wants to take this particular conversation in the teeth or throw Trevor directly under the bus.]
Should I have said, I'm very sorry for waking you both?
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Probably.
[Then to Sypha:]
You know, for what it's worth, I was trying to keep it down. Sorry.
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Thank you. Now please, could you repeat what you were asking Trevor about?
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Ah... really, I was asking him about his fight club offer from a little while ago...?
[This had better not constitute throwing Trevor under the bus. Presumably, he's spoken to his lover about it.]
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The one you were there for.
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Oh, is that all? Good, because I thought I heard you say something about possibly killing him. I'm glad I was wrong.
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So there are certain safety concerns about allowing myself to spar, but I'll have to if I want to ever train myself out of that problem....
[They were definitely going to talk safety precautions and not just make sure that Trevor was fine with death as a potential consequence of fighting! That's clearly how that conversation was going, except that it was too late at night to get into the details....]
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It was my idea. He can learn how to pull his punches and learn how not kill someone here, where the death toll's working.
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[Yes, she knows that's not quite fair.]
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[A little flatly.]
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I'm very good at control. Gonou's the one who killed someone without meaning to.
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How reassuring.
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That’s…not exactly what I had in mind.
And it’s not really important if he slips and kills me - the death toll’s a decent safety net. Haven’t seen it fail once.
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I'll be happy to chaperone. We can talk about this more tomorrow. But Trevor is not about to get much sleep, so perhaps you both want to postpone.
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Ah, of course. Perhaps we should plan to speak tomorrow, if nothing else.
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[He reaches for the comm to click it off, silent guilt worming its way into his expression as he looks back at Sypha]
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