[IC] [Snek] Continuations

[pyrighteous]

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[pyrighteous]

Simply pointing out the possibilities here.

I am not your enemy, Leonardo.

[neonleon]

You tried to kill me.

[pyrighteous]

How many of your current allies have tried to kill you in the past? How many of your brothers?

[neonleon]

Hey, them trying to kill me wasn't their faults.

[But it's more than one brother!]

[pyrighteous]

"Them"? Oh dear.

[neonleon]

Psh. Like you know.

[Leo draws his knees up, wrapping both arms around them and bringing the thin threads with his arm.]

You're from the super old days.

[pyrighteous]

I am over four hundred years old. Yes. But some things are timeless.

[neonleon]

..Lemme ask you this.

Why are you talking to me?

[pyrighteous]

Is it so much to believe that I am trying to genuinely warn you? That I would rather not watch someone else endure the trauma I did?

[neonleon]

How old were you when this even happened?

[pyrighteous]

Goodness. It's been so long. I must have been ... twenty, perhaps? My brother was older.

[neonleon]

'Kay...

So. Warn me then.

[pyrighteous]

I'm doing that right now, Leonardo. It's too late to prevent them from driftinf from you; it is not too late to avoid the inevitable betrayal.

[neonleon]

By... what, betraying them first?

[pyrighteous]

By taking precautions. Distancing yourself. Finding other people to fill that gap.

[neonleon]

Oh phew, I thought for a second you were going to remember to be evil and tell me to kill them or something.

[pyrighteous]

Again, you assume that I'm evil.

[neonleon]

And once again, you tried to kill me.

See, back to square one with this guy.

[pyrighteous]

Heat of the moment. You were interfering with my revenge.

[neonleon]

Okay, sure, but Hunter's not your brother. Blah blah you created him to try and replace your brother until he did what you didn't want him to do and now you have to kill him and start over, whatever.

Not the same person.

[pyrighteous]

And here I am. Away from him. Leaving him alone.

[neonleon]

Yeah, because I'm keeping you here away from him.

[Trapping himself in a prison with a monster for everyone's safety one way or another.]

[pyrighteous]

Yes. You are indeed.

[ He looms just a little over Leo. ]

And how IS that going so far?

[neonleon]

[Leaning back a little, still hugging his knees.]

I mean, the company's not great but at least you aren't hurting him or anyone else.

[pyrighteous]

No, of course not. You, alone. While they prattle on obliviously.