[ A hum of acknowledgement. Give him a moment to decide how to best respond to that. ]
I suppose the first question would be are you interested in anyone? [ Not that he has to answer, exactly. ] Small towns are strange, I think. Insular in an irregular way.
Beyond that... [ Cassian is aware he's missing context here as he pulls together the threads that make up the sum of his remembered history with Pietro. He's often literal. People don't pull out the pitchforks for people who are just smarter than they are, or people like him, who kill in the name of politics and warfare.
People pull out the pitchforks for monsters and Cassian has no idea why Pietro would consider himself a monster in anyone's eyes. ]
For one, they would have to get through me first. [ Which is not an idle sort of threat, coming from Cassian. ] For another: I don't...remember the particulars. There's a good chance I never knew them. [ Cassian takes another swallow of his drink. ] Anything they had to tell me about you...I wanted to hear from you directly. That hasn't changed.
It's your story. They're your secrets. It has to be your choice as much as any of us can make those choices.
You're family. [ Cassian shuts his eyes. This new life of not lying is coming up with fascinating truths. ] That won't change.
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I suppose the first question would be are you interested in anyone? [ Not that he has to answer, exactly. ] Small towns are strange, I think. Insular in an irregular way.
Beyond that... [ Cassian is aware he's missing context here as he pulls together the threads that make up the sum of his remembered history with Pietro. He's often literal. People don't pull out the pitchforks for people who are just smarter than they are, or people like him, who kill in the name of politics and warfare.
People pull out the pitchforks for monsters and Cassian has no idea why Pietro would consider himself a monster in anyone's eyes. ]
For one, they would have to get through me first. [ Which is not an idle sort of threat, coming from Cassian. ] For another: I don't...remember the particulars. There's a good chance I never knew them. [ Cassian takes another swallow of his drink. ] Anything they had to tell me about you...I wanted to hear from you directly. That hasn't changed.
It's your story. They're your secrets. It has to be your choice as much as any of us can make those choices.
You're family. [ Cassian shuts his eyes. This new life of not lying is coming up with fascinating truths. ] That won't change.