[ He feels the same way about his own power - it's why he hasn't suspected himself yet in the deaths that have arisen so far. There was no trace of magic in that first set of murders, but there is now. Magic all over these ones, August's name in too many whispers. So why the brute force that first time, when it's clear there's magic now? Unless for the sake of strategy, Stephen would never have used a knife or and axe or a hammer and nails where he could have burned a hole right through his victim's chest.
None of it makes sense. None of it. And Ani's words swim around in his head, louder against the weakening strength of evidence that felt so solid before slipping from him like so much sand. ]
If you don't want to do this now, I won't force you I haven't seen your powers at work And I haven't lived with them
There are only two spaces to fill in the cage and least five more wolves to catch If you don't think this was you, I'll wait
[ There's too much at stake to cause fresh fractures based on fresh suspicion. Mistake or not, they'll only find out when more heads roll. ]
[ it’s like some sick game, orchestrated not by stephen but by this place. he doesn’t want to be accused any more than he wants to have done it. yelena told him to quiet down, as did embry, but now she’s saying she’d want to be caught, if it was her. ]
those anons on the network think a superhero did it homelander’s talking about a rumour
i think you should let people have all the facts before they decide which one of us is the wolf faith and yelena are both up for less evidence i can take it
[ He's held the fate of the universe in two shaking hands: he can hold the undue suffering of a man who doesn't deserve this, and the hatred of the people who know that to be true. ]
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None of it makes sense. None of it. And Ani's words swim around in his head, louder against the weakening strength of evidence that felt so solid before slipping from him like so much sand. ]
If you don't want to do this now, I won't force you
I haven't seen your powers at work
And I haven't lived with them
There are only two spaces to fill in the cage and least five more wolves to catch
If you don't think this was you, I'll wait
[ There's too much at stake to cause fresh fractures based on fresh suspicion. Mistake or not, they'll only find out when more heads roll. ]
no subject
[ it’s like some sick game, orchestrated not by stephen but by this place. he doesn’t want to be accused any more than he wants to have done it. yelena told him to quiet down, as did embry, but now she’s saying she’d want to be caught, if it was her. ]
those anons on the network think a superhero did it
homelander’s talking about a rumour
i think
you should let people have all the facts before they decide which one of us is the wolf
faith and yelena are both up for less evidence
i can take it
sorry
i know that puts you in a shitty spot too
no subject
[ He's held the fate of the universe in two shaking hands: he can hold the undue suffering of a man who doesn't deserve this, and the hatred of the people who know that to be true. ]
I'll be as objective as I can
no subject
[ a long pause. ]
sorry i was such a dick to you, the first time we talked
i mean
you were an asshole
but
i’m not saying this right
what i mean is
i don’t do so hot with authority
nobody with it ever looked out for me
so thanks
for looking out for me