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[forthebothofus]

So...

Weird question time. Are any of you happier here than you were back home?

[Cause she is. Even taking out the whole 'dead' thing, Abeni's lived more this past few months than she has her whole life. Maybe, just maybe, Holloway's Keep isn't such a bad place after all.

Or maybe it's just the company she's been keeping.]

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[notpredictable]

Why do you ask?

[That'd be a 'yes', but he's not answering so quickly.]

[forthebothofus]

Because I am. People whine about this place a lot, but for the most part, it doesn't seem even half as bad as where I came from.

So... curious, really.

[notpredictable]

[He ponders for a moment.]
 
Hm. Valid question then, I suppose. In some ways, I’d say I am. Not so much in others.

[forthebothofus]

Why's that?

[notpredictable]

[That’s PERSONAL.]
 
Lets just say…it’s a matter of ah – heroics.

[forthebothofus]

[But Megamind, now you've piqued her curiosity!]

Are we talking saving a kitten from a tree kind of heroics or something bigger?

[notpredictable]

...Much bigger than that. Think -- super villain versus superhero, massive structural damage, evil inventions and hostages big.

[forthebothofus]

Huh.

[That is not what she expected.]

So which side are you?

[She's met more than a few people in her time who walk both sides of the line. It's a fair question, in her eyes.]

[notpredictable]

[There is a very long, very obvious pause as he considers his answer. At one point in time, he’d have bragged openly about being the supervillain, the one causing all the mayhem.
 
Recently, He’s just – less interested in it. He’s not good, like his dream, but—
 
Maybe not evil, either.]
 
Think – Switzerland. And, if you don’t know what that is, it’s a country that tends to remain…neutral in international affairs.

[forthebothofus]

No, I've never heard of Switzerland.

[It's an odd name, in her opinion. Abeni keeps that to herself. Then again, most locations where she's from are lettered. Ask her where she's from and she'll say she grew up in H.]

But... neutral is a good way to be. For a time, anyway. Just make sure that when you move from that mark, and everyone has to at some point, you're moving for the right reasons.

[notpredictable]

I had a feeling that might be the case.

[He snorts.]
 
Yes, I’ll try to remember those sage words of wisdom. However, I started life on one side of the coin. I rather like my…grey area.
 
[Besides he totally saved your collective ASSES from a gigantic zombie dog. He rather enjoys being an antihero.]

[forthebothofus]

Well aren't you mysterious.

[Dry tone is admittedly... a little dry.]

[notpredictable]

[IGNORING THAT DRY TONE.]

Why, thank you. I struggle to maintain an air of ambiguity.

i am so sorry

[forthebothofus]

[BUT MEGAMIND SHE'S SO GOOD AT IT.]

You...

[She has no idea how to take this guy.]

You're serious, aren't you.

ahaha NEVER BE SORRY

[notpredictable]

[OFFENDED.]

Of course I am!

XD

[forthebothofus]

[STILL CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT SHE'S HEARING. MEGAMIND YOU WEIRD.]

You have heard of sarcasm before, right?

[notpredictable]

Certainly I have, Miss Lorenn -- I am one of the masters of sarcasm and wit.