Seems to me like you do give a shit. This isn't death, and it certainly isn't hell or where ever you thought you might end up. You're not just sitting around doing nothing, you have friends, connections.
Dead men don't have those, and they certainly don't desperately try to do what ever the fuck you thought you were doing with all this bullshit.
[Abel isn't moving.] You try touching me again and I'll shoot you.
[He wonders if the stun gun at his hip would be more affective with a headshot than a body shot. The skin was thinner, perhaps, though it wasn't meant to do real damage.
He wasn't here for that, he was supposed to be here to help people.] Trust me, I wouldn't hesitate.
[He does hesitate though as he considers Jacob, thinking about the trouble he's already in. He'd tried to fix it, and he can admit that perhaps he could have done more, but his fumbling of this, his immediate failure with Jacob, that had hurt Norton, even if the conclusion of this hadn't even been about him at all. It was still a failure.]
Fine. Norton doesn't deserve having to deal with your bullshit any more than he already is anyway, and I'm not going to be the one that adds to it.
[He does move, just barely. As soon as Jacob leaves he's going to sink into that couch and fall apart.]
I better see you in the gym, Jacob. Not this week, but shortly after.
[Well actually it was the other way around, but who's asking? Abel certainly isn't going to share.
He watches him walk away, and honestly? He would be surprised if he quit. When he's far enough away, he will sink down into one of the chairs, head in his hands.
Jacob was a liar. He'd be back, he was sure of it.]
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Date: 2024-07-10 03:39 pm (UTC)Dead men don't have those, and they certainly don't desperately try to do what ever the fuck you thought you were doing with all this bullshit.
[Abel isn't moving.] You try touching me again and I'll shoot you.
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Date: 2024-07-10 03:42 pm (UTC)Good. You should. [He points to his forehead.]
Right there. Now get out of my way, you're not worth the trouble I'd get in for doing it myself.
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Date: 2024-07-10 03:55 pm (UTC)He wasn't here for that, he was supposed to be here to help people.] Trust me, I wouldn't hesitate.
[He does hesitate though as he considers Jacob, thinking about the trouble he's already in. He'd tried to fix it, and he can admit that perhaps he could have done more, but his fumbling of this, his immediate failure with Jacob, that had hurt Norton, even if the conclusion of this hadn't even been about him at all. It was still a failure.]
Fine. Norton doesn't deserve having to deal with your bullshit any more than he already is anyway, and I'm not going to be the one that adds to it.
[He does move, just barely. As soon as Jacob leaves he's going to sink into that couch and fall apart.]
I better see you in the gym, Jacob. Not this week, but shortly after.
You've still got work to do.
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Date: 2024-07-10 04:00 pm (UTC)Get fucked, boy. I quit.
[And maybe he actually will. He needs more than a day to think about it, though. He heads down the stairs and away.]
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Date: 2024-07-10 04:05 pm (UTC)He watches him walk away, and honestly? He would be surprised if he quit. When he's far enough away, he will sink down into one of the chairs, head in his hands.
Jacob was a liar. He'd be back, he was sure of it.]