[Niles' voice has a strained, mixed tone. Myr has some kind of power, doesn't he? Managing to reach in and yank on the few thin strands of guilt clinging to his core. He has to forget about Linden if he wants to appeal to that urge and focus on his much easier to accept rage at Mello himself.]
The absolute bastard treated him tenderly after. [He lets the disgust in his voice carry his final, almost shameful, admission.] He would have had Linden limping back to him before the end of the week if I hadn't gotten rid of the rotten, greedy, manipulative invitation he left behind.
[He didn't bring this up as an excuse, or a bid for gratitude. He brought it up to show Myr the urgency here. To turn him towards seeing Mello as the more immediate threat.]
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[Niles' voice has a strained, mixed tone. Myr has some kind of power, doesn't he? Managing to reach in and yank on the few thin strands of guilt clinging to his core. He has to forget about Linden if he wants to appeal to that urge and focus on his much easier to accept rage at Mello himself.]
The absolute bastard treated him tenderly after. [He lets the disgust in his voice carry his final, almost shameful, admission.] He would have had Linden limping back to him before the end of the week if I hadn't gotten rid of the rotten, greedy, manipulative invitation he left behind.
[He didn't bring this up as an excuse, or a bid for gratitude. He brought it up to show Myr the urgency here. To turn him towards seeing Mello as the more immediate threat.]