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[runningred]

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Jay's fingers scrape against the bench in an effort to keep his hands still. "Don't," He breathes, too soft for anyone else to hear. "don't tease. Please? Just do it."

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[runningred]

Jay leans against the door frame for a moment, quietly thoughtful. "You could always take a trip to my world. As long as we're quiet about it, there's a few people who the world could do without." He means it too, it's not an ideal thought.

[onceaviking]

"You have no idea how tempting that is," Eric says .
Then he shakes his head.

"I had better not."

[runningred]

"I'm going back to Gotham soon. There are parts of my past it's time to face up to but before I leave Africa, there are things I need to do. There are people I need to punish. I will kill these men, messy and bad. To be honest I'd be glad of a hunting partner."

[onceaviking]

Eric looks thoughtful.
Then he says, slowly, "Perhaps I should like for you to keep your illusions about me intact. For now at least."

Which is - actually rather honest. Coming from him.

[runningred]

"And maybe it's best for you not to see that side of me either." After all, there is no-one else here he would show that to.

[onceaviking]

"I could probably take it," Eric says with a small smile. "I grew up in violent times, remember."

[runningred]

"True enough. But I've got to admit I like that people here see me as a better man than my capability for violence."

[onceaviking]

"Controlling the perceptions of others is always useful," Eric agrees. And you don't need to be able to glamour them to do just that.

[runningred]

Jay shrugs. "I'd rather be the person they think I am than who I've been in the past." He can't change the past but maybe, just maybe he can move on from it.

[onceaviking]

"Can you be?" Eric asks.
It's not meant disparagingly. He is honestly curious.

[runningred]

Jay shrugs. "Never gunna be able to undo what I've done but after I end the group of traffickers, I'll try to not get myself into situations where I need to go that far. I was originally trained to be non-lethal."

[onceaviking]

Eric snorts.

"When has that ever been useful?"
With certain things, he is still very much a product of his time.

[runningred]

"Not often enough with me which is why I ended up where I did. As in dead." Jay mutters passionately.

He sighs and pushes off the door frame. "I don't know if I can make a clean break, or if going back to Gotham is the right thing to do but I'm hiding here and that can't go on forever."