Murdering the leaders would be a pretty quick way of solving it, anyway.
[ He thinks it's a pretty decent plan, okay!!
As for the rest... Ruby's got his number, 100%, and it's somewhat appalling being so seen. Especially for a man who doesn't ever like looking at his vulnerabilities head-on or acknowledging them. If someone within his own family had read him as plainly as this and said it aloud, he'd have shut down the conversation completely, probably snapped at them for even having dared say it. His family's not supposed to see his faultlines like this, or open up any room for second-guessing him.
But so it's easier when it's not coming from a Hargreeves, even if it hurts to read. He wants to go have another goddamn lie-down.
True to form, though, even if Ruby's message has slipped like a knifeblade right between the cracks in his armour— he seems to stubbornly muscle right past it, asking his own question instead: ]
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[ He thinks it's a pretty decent plan, okay!!
As for the rest... Ruby's got his number, 100%, and it's somewhat appalling being so seen. Especially for a man who doesn't ever like looking at his vulnerabilities head-on or acknowledging them. If someone within his own family had read him as plainly as this and said it aloud, he'd have shut down the conversation completely, probably snapped at them for even having dared say it. His family's not supposed to see his faultlines like this, or open up any room for second-guessing him.
But so it's easier when it's not coming from a Hargreeves, even if it hurts to read. He wants to go have another goddamn lie-down.
True to form, though, even if Ruby's message has slipped like a knifeblade right between the cracks in his armour— he seems to stubbornly muscle right past it, asking his own question instead: ]
What's your code of ethics?