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[selfimage]

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[selfimage]

There's only one reason I agreed with you and it all boils down to the will of the Black Shuck. Between the frying pan and the fire, I'd say that the frying pan is your current best bet, but that still leaves you in a poor position.

You made a deal with death.

The death of this world.

This is by far the stupidest thing you've ever done.

[ and that's coming from him, wow. ]

[zerotohiro]

[...well when you phrase it like that...]

...I didn't know that's what was going to happen. I didn't mean for it to happen, it just sorta came up. [And you do not say no to the Black Shuck.] You get why I can't say no now, don't you?

[selfimage]

Yes, and you understand why I'm not obliged to keep your secret.

[zerotohiro]

What makes you think I'm not going to tell him myself?

[They're not stupid. They both know which "him" he means.]

[selfimage]

Oh good—let's race there.

[ don't try it, Hiro. ]

[zerotohiro]

Don't you dare! [Nopenopenope abort, abort!] I'm going to tell him. [Eventually. Probably.] Don't you trust me on that?

[selfimage]

[ flatly: ]

No.

And the same stubborn idiocy doesn't work on me.

[zerotohiro]

...please don't say anything? [Look at him. He's actually begging a little.] I need time to figure out how to explain it and if you do it it's going to get worse. You know. For both of us.

[Or he can try blackmailing.] You know he'll want to know why you didn't tell him sooner.

[selfimage]

[ where is this logic, Hiro. ]

This situation has become one beyond your handling, and then you refuse to allow anyone else to lend aid because you're afraid to face the mess that you've already made.

While I'm entirely up for a little chaos, this brand of recklessness is going to get you killed. Running isn't worth it.

[ laughable, almost. ]

It'll catch up with you tenfold.

[zerotohiro]

You don't know that. [Sharp. Sharp, sharp words that are defensive and a sign that Hiro's ready to end the conversation completely. This was a mistake but he has to get Loki to agree with him.]

Loki I'm not just going to let him go by himself. I told him I'd be with him for whatever Shuck did. That means this, too.

[selfimage]

I know that.

[ he says smoothly. and while most of the time he's fine with Hiro making problems of himself, he's starting to run a little too close to ways he might die. ]

You're misunderstanding. You've no choice now but to continue your appointed task, and I intend to aid you for it. What you cannot do is continue to avoid the unpleasantness of your actions by pointedly not telling others of your intentions.

[zerotohiro]

I'm going to tell him. What else do you want from me? [A pause. He knows it's a risky move, but he can't run the risk of Loki spilling to Jason first]

What do I have to tell you to keep you quiet?

[selfimage]

[ Hiro, are you bargaining? this is all too familiar.

Loki pauses for a moment and then says pointedly: ]

Why you're so insistent on this.

[zerotohiro]

[Hey it worked once]

Because I told him I would. Someone has to help him. And I told him I would be with him for whatever Shuck did.

[selfimage]

You telling Jason.

[zerotohiro]

I'll tell Jason. I just need to figure out how...

[selfimage]

That's not entirely what I expected from "explanation."

[zerotohiro]

What, you want a breakdown of how I'm going to tell him? Very slowly. Piece by piece probably. I'm not sure which part he'd be more upset about.

[selfimage]

Go on ...

[zerotohiro]

...what do you think he'll be more mad about? That Nico's Seelie, or that I've been leaving the spire to hang out with him for months?

[selfimage]

[ yeah, he thought so. ]

The part where you've been putting yourself in obvious peril, most likely.

[zerotohiro]

He'll understand about Shuck. [Because in his head that's the only obvious peril here] He has to. He has to understand I couldn't say no to that. And I'll be careful and everything. Nico knows what he's doing, you heard him.

[Lets just talk in circles...]

[selfimage]

[ there's just a tapping of a quill from the other side. ]

[zerotohiro]

[Stubborn, this one. There's a frustrated sigh] What?

[selfimage]

Start at the beginning.