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[peint]

Well, the right thing to do is rarely the easy thing. Something to consider, for whatever's it worth.

[ not much, but also... not nothing, maybe. ]

[betenoir]

You think yourself to be exploring that new direction by raising the issue. But I considered this path a lifetime ago.

Perhaps you simply came too late.

[Thank you. Next.]

[peint]

Until the countdown reaches zero, it's not too late.

[betenoir]

For either of us.

[It might be the first time they reached agreement. But is he stubborn and single-minded enough to pursue his own path to the end? Probably.]

[peint]

Then you may get the opportunity to stab me again yet. Isn't that fun?

[ just... charitably accepting that this is probably an inevitability, while also not adding that he will stab back. just. not in the back. not that his attempts did fuckall, but that doesn't mean he won't try, try again. ]

[betenoir]

You would think I find this fun?

[This man, as a father and a brother, would understand the opposite is true. So why jest? Perhaps the humour makes it easier to cope. In which case, he cannot fault him.

So he sends a second message.]

We both do what is necessary. Perhaps parting on that understanding is the best way to end it.

[All of it.]