duplicity ic inbox - FIRST STAY

[perfectible]

[ text | video | voice ]

Comments

[occultatum]

Betty.

[He says her name carefully. He looks right at her.]

You should. It's a part of you.

[perfectible]

And if I do? And something bad happens? Or someone gets hurt?

[occultatum]

Who do you think would get hurt?

[That's a good question.]

[perfectible]

[ she shakes her head.] I don't know.

[occultatum]

Darkness isn't-

[He can't believe he's saying this.]

It's not magic. Something bad might happen.

But you're more likely to damage yourself like this.

[perfectible]

[ she scoffs quietly.] It's better than hurting someone else.

[occultatum]

No.

It really isn't.

[He takes a moment. Spreads his hands.]

If you want to master it, you don't have to hurt anyone. If you control it, it won't control you.

[perfectible]

[ She sits back, looking skeptical.] And how do I "master it" or "control it"?

[occultatum]

You start directing it, for starters.

You stop turning it on yourself.

[Like on her own hands, for instance.]

[perfectible]

And direct it where? [ her real fear is directing it towards others.]

[occultatum]

Do you hate it here?

[That's a pretty safe assumption.]

[perfectible]

Yes. [ obviously.]

[occultatum]

Then focus it on that.

[perfectible]

I do focus on that. And I am trying to make this place better for other people.

[occultatum]

You've got it wrong.

You want to make it better for other people? Focus that darkness on the enemy.

[perfectible]

I don't think it works this way.

[occultatum]

Why not?