jadedlynx: commissioned; please dns (🔫87)
Ash Lynx ([personal profile] jadedlynx) wrote in [community profile] duplicitymemes 2019-10-01 12:44 pm (UTC)

Calm down. I'm not Oprah, I'm not about to give out houses.

[ The words leave his mouth even as he realizes most of that probbabky made no sense.

It's odd. Linneus seems pretty hopeful for someone he's only served since childhood. Then again, his desires are a simple one, no different than the American Dream and all the crap that goes along with it.

Ash probably isn't the best person to do this prep talk. The moment he'd believed he be allowed more, he dropped his guard and died.

He doesn't answer right away. Instead, he thinks of Eiji, who seemed to think Ash capable of anything, even a normal life. He thinks of Max, someone who didn't have to give a shit but gave one anyway. Blanca, who saw the error of his ways too late for Ash to agree. Even Ibe, who had supported Ash his own way.

Skip. Shorter. ]


If you go after it, you risk having something to lose. [ He doesn't look up from his plate. ] People who the world says belong to other people, they don't want you to have anything. Property doesn't own property. So, when you go against that, you're going to have a fight.

[ Finally, his jade eyes look up. ]

You have to decide if you're willing to fight them for it. But if you are, don't hesitate. Don't start small. Go for the throat.

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