[ It's starting to become a trend, he thinks, with days feeling like weeks. Frankly, it's not something he enjoys. Because there's both too much time and not enough of it. The hours drag by like sticky toffee and he still wishes he had more of it to get everything in place.
But, it is what it is. And if there's one thing he's good at, it's working with what he's got. Not to mention: he hates feeling cornered. He's going to make Van Eck pay up for the discomfort and for all the shit he's put them through. It's not just about getting even, it's taking the man down completely, burning his legacy and good name down to ashes. Because he doesn't deserve it. Doesn't deserve to have such wealth and power when he's shown exactly how ugly he is on the inside. When there's a group of people right here that deserve it more. Kaz is going to make him regret every second he's spent lording over "Barrel scum".
First, though, he has a particular debt to settle. It's not his, exactly, though it would be around his neck if Inej ever decided she didn't want to deal with the Dregs any longer. Despite that lurking leash, he's never felt bitter about it. That contract was her relative freedom from Heleen; he'd do it again, a thousand times over.
Striding into the bathroom, he stops at the sink, pulling his coat off and tossing it over the counter away from the water basin. Inej sits a couple feet from him, cutting up bandages at the vanity. What he's about to ask is incredibly risky and stupid but it's necessary. Necessary so they all got out, even if he had to hang for it, as much as that sends a sharp jab of anxiety through him. Inej doesn't deserve to have that mark on her arm distort, not after everything she's gone through.
But he couldn't handle it if she died before living out her dream.
So: ]
I need an alternate route to the Slat, off the streets.
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Date: 2021-02-06 08:53 pm (UTC)But, it is what it is. And if there's one thing he's good at, it's working with what he's got. Not to mention: he hates feeling cornered. He's going to make Van Eck pay up for the discomfort and for all the shit he's put them through. It's not just about getting even, it's taking the man down completely, burning his legacy and good name down to ashes. Because he doesn't deserve it. Doesn't deserve to have such wealth and power when he's shown exactly how ugly he is on the inside. When there's a group of people right here that deserve it more. Kaz is going to make him regret every second he's spent lording over "Barrel scum".
First, though, he has a particular debt to settle. It's not his, exactly, though it would be around his neck if Inej ever decided she didn't want to deal with the Dregs any longer. Despite that lurking leash, he's never felt bitter about it. That contract was her relative freedom from Heleen; he'd do it again, a thousand times over.
Striding into the bathroom, he stops at the sink, pulling his coat off and tossing it over the counter away from the water basin. Inej sits a couple feet from him, cutting up bandages at the vanity. What he's about to ask is incredibly risky and stupid but it's necessary. Necessary so they all got out, even if he had to hang for it, as much as that sends a sharp jab of anxiety through him. Inej doesn't deserve to have that mark on her arm distort, not after everything she's gone through.
But he couldn't handle it if she died before living out her dream.
So: ]
I need an alternate route to the Slat, off the streets.