If he doesn't think he needs someone for his plot? Possibly. I don't know what he's planning here, yet, but I'm sure he's planning something.
I just want to protect Martin. From all of this. The one good thing about this place was supposed to be that it was an escape from Elias and Peter and all the other avatars. I need him to have that.
Ignorance is only bliss when it doesn't blind you to the presence of a shark.
[She doesn't know if she can say whether Jon is making the right decision, or the wisest one. She doesn't know if Martin can take care of himself, or just how powerful Elias is without the aid of an event such as Tumenalia. But it sounds like Martin has friends here, so maybe there's hope for his safety.]
No matter how many secrets you keep, he's going to figure it out on his own if you carry on the way that you did earlier.
[He makes a face at the message. Well. He might value the opinion, but that doesn't mean he particularly likes it. Especially not when she has a good point.]
I can keep Elias distracted.
[Maybe.]
He's constantly spying on me. I just need to do things he's not expecting and he'll keep his focus to me.
[Hopefully.]
We're in a massive city. There's no guarantee they'll run into each other. And there must be hundreds of people in the LIEs program.
I'll get better. I just wasn't ready for him to ask about that. I promise I'll get better.
[They're friends--or becoming friends, even if it's been awkward. But, well, it just feels wrong, somehow. He shouldn't be concerned with her. Nobody should, really, but especially with who he is and where they come from...]
[They could argue endlessly about just how much value she has as an individual, but it seems like it would be a fruitless discussion, so Agnes decides not to press on that topic further.]
So far, he's generally left me well enough alone. I suspect it was more of a power play than anything else, contracting me. It must feel nice to be able to say you have explicit contracted control over The Desolation.
There's never just one motivation for anything where Elias is concerned. It might have been a power play, but he's going to find a way to use you. That's what he does. I need to figure out what he's planning to do here, but my powers don't work on him. I can't just compel him.
Although, he was worried I'd Know something 'inconvenient' before his big plan at home went off if we were in too close of contact. I could try pressing it here. See if I pick anything up.
[Except he doesn't want to deal with Elias or be near him. It's a bad deal any way about it.]
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Possibly.
I don't know what he's planning here, yet, but I'm sure he's planning something.
I just want to protect Martin.
From all of this.
The one good thing about this place was supposed to be that it was an escape from Elias and Peter and all the other avatars.
I need him to have that.
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[And yet. And yet. What went down at that cafe? Well, socially inept as she is, Agnes can tell that it does not foretell of an easy future.]
May I offer an opinion?
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I'd value your opinion.
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[She doesn't know if she can say whether Jon is making the right decision, or the wisest one. She doesn't know if Martin can take care of himself, or just how powerful Elias is without the aid of an event such as Tumenalia. But it sounds like Martin has friends here, so maybe there's hope for his safety.]
No matter how many secrets you keep, he's going to figure it out on his own if you carry on the way that you did earlier.
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I can keep Elias distracted.
[Maybe.]
He's constantly spying on me.
I just need to do things he's not expecting and he'll keep his focus to me.
[Hopefully.]
We're in a massive city.
There's no guarantee they'll run into each other.
And there must be hundreds of people in the LIEs program.
I'll get better.
I just wasn't ready for him to ask about that.
I promise I'll get better.
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You already sound exhausted. How long do you expect to be able to keep that up?
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As long as I have to.
I won't let him hurt Martin any more than he already has.
Or anyone else, if I can help it.
Yourself included.
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[They're friends--or becoming friends, even if it's been awkward. But, well, it just feels wrong, somehow. He shouldn't be concerned with her. Nobody should, really, but especially with who he is and where they come from...]
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And no one deserves to have to suffer that body-hopping bastard.
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So far, he's generally left me well enough alone.
I suspect it was more of a power play than anything else, contracting me.
It must feel nice to be able to say you have explicit contracted control over The Desolation.
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It might have been a power play, but he's going to find a way to use you.
That's what he does.
I need to figure out what he's planning to do here, but my powers don't work on him.
I can't just compel him.
Although, he was worried I'd Know something 'inconvenient' before his big plan at home went off if we were in too close of contact.
I could try pressing it here.
See if I pick anything up.
[Except he doesn't want to deal with Elias or be near him. It's a bad deal any way about it.]