[I killed Teresa on my own so. But he keeps quiet, and lets out a breath.
They're right. Damn it all, they're right. Edward hates this, and hates that he can't go after the zealots and just cut all this off at the roots before anyone else gets hurt. But they're right.]
I'm a bloody selfish bastard, you haven't figured that out yet, mate?
[There's no real bite to his remark, just an old bitterness at himself coming out. He pushes his fingers through his hair.]
I thought it would, all right? Certainly they're powerful, but they bleed the same as anyone, and if it bleeds it can die. That's what I was thinking. I didn't know what Lapis knows—and I trust what she says, that if she could've killed him on her own she would've. So. [With a very reluctant tone:] Fine. I won't go after them alone.
[Goddamned Shroud. He's gonna dump a can of paint on him.]
I'm used to working alone. Not here, but back home—most of those I've killed on land, I've killed on my own. [And sometimes casually, like checking off an item on a to-do list.] I didn't want to put you all at risk, not more than [I already have] you've already found yourselves in. So I fell back on what I knew best.
I've not worked together with anyone else to murder someone for—a long time, [and the last time had been when he and Mary had worked together to infiltrate a plantation and kill its master,] but I'm—willing.
[A tired breath.]
I can't find them anyway. I've looked through the tower and combed over the city.
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They're right. Damn it all, they're right. Edward hates this, and hates that he can't go after the zealots and just cut all this off at the roots before anyone else gets hurt. But they're right.]
I'm a bloody selfish bastard, you haven't figured that out yet, mate?
[There's no real bite to his remark, just an old bitterness at himself coming out. He pushes his fingers through his hair.]
I thought it would, all right? Certainly they're powerful, but they bleed the same as anyone, and if it bleeds it can die. That's what I was thinking. I didn't know what Lapis knows—and I trust what she says, that if she could've killed him on her own she would've. So. [With a very reluctant tone:] Fine. I won't go after them alone.
[Goddamned Shroud. He's gonna dump a can of paint on him.]
I'm used to working alone. Not here, but back home—most of those I've killed on land, I've killed on my own. [And sometimes casually, like checking off an item on a to-do list.] I didn't want to put you all at risk, not more than [I already have] you've already found yourselves in. So I fell back on what I knew best.
I've not worked together with anyone else to murder someone for—a long time, [and the last time had been when he and Mary had worked together to infiltrate a plantation and kill its master,] but I'm—willing.
[A tired breath.]
I can't find them anyway. I've looked through the tower and combed over the city.