[ He laughs out loud, disbelieving. ] Nice way to sell it, Vander. Now that time has passed, and you've seen the cost of your inaction, you can rewrite history to yourself all you want.
[ He cares about the Undercity, he cares about the power. It is his to direct and control, yes. It is his, because he'd worked for it, he'd let his fingers and face bleed to the bone, invested and cajoled, and flayed himself every which way to make himself into the new man Vander now dealt with. He was not the same man, but neither was Vander. After all, the old Vander, if he thought he was worth goading into a fight, he'd finish it.
Now he just backed off, like a struck hound.
He leaned toward him, not getting too close, but enough that he can lower his voice, not because this was a secret, but because he believed it. Because Silco was as broken as Jinx was, and because the man believed everything he said when it came to his daughter. Of course he did. He always had. ]
She is Jinx. [ harsh, punctuated, angry, fervent. That kind of belief is hard to shake, even with an accusation like that. He hadn't done it. It was β ] You and Vi don't get to choose who we become when you toss us aside.
Jinx is perfect, and if you β [ try to ruin her ] β refuse who she is, I'll make sure you pay.
[ He says it like it's more than the Undercity, more than the Lanes, or even Zaun. ]
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[ He laughs out loud, disbelieving. ] Nice way to sell it, Vander. Now that time has passed, and you've seen the cost of your inaction, you can rewrite history to yourself all you want.
[ He cares about the Undercity, he cares about the power. It is his to direct and control, yes. It is his, because he'd worked for it, he'd let his fingers and face bleed to the bone, invested and cajoled, and flayed himself every which way to make himself into the new man Vander now dealt with. He was not the same man, but neither was Vander. After all, the old Vander, if he thought he was worth goading into a fight, he'd finish it.
Now he just backed off, like a struck hound.
He leaned toward him, not getting too close, but enough that he can lower his voice, not because this was a secret, but because he believed it. Because Silco was as broken as Jinx was, and because the man believed everything he said when it came to his daughter. Of course he did. He always had. ]
She is Jinx. [ harsh, punctuated, angry, fervent. That kind of belief is hard to shake, even with an accusation like that. He hadn't done it. It was β ] You and Vi don't get to choose who we become when you toss us aside.
Jinx is perfect, and if you β [ try to ruin her ] β refuse who she is, I'll make sure you pay.
[ He says it like it's more than the Undercity, more than the Lanes, or even Zaun. ]