France colonized and destabilized a huge number of African countries and French is a prestige language in many Arabic speaking countries, so... statistically speaking, given how many arms dealers operate
[Nothing literally apologized for having a mental health crisis. If Jason thinks that equals not admitting to making mistakes, then he simply does not know what words mean. If Jason thinks someone acknowledging that he was hurtful is playing the victim, then he has warped the word 'victim' to mean 'anyone who does not instantly forgive me for hurting them'.
The biggest help would be space away from Jason, the mental gymnastics, the insults, the unrelenting dedication to viewing Nothing as the one in the wrong no matter what, the dedication to viewing everything as an insult, as disgust, as hate, as other people playing the victim. If apologies don't count, if facts don't matter, if not wanting to be hurt by someone who went from normal conversation to ranting about how secretly Nothing was implying this that and the other thing about him is "playing the victim", well... maybe Nothing can get Batman to find someone else to help Jason. Maybe Nothing can try working with someone else to get Ativan, though frankly, no one ever made Nothing feel like shit that badly even sans Ativan before. No Ativan and no Jason was a better state to be in than with Jason.
This is work. This is not a source of joy. Being near this guy is work, like patrol or fighting.]
You... Jason, I don't think you should get too attached to me. I - the thing is - I didn't get my powers the correct way someone's supposed to get magic infused into them. I don't... I think I have four years left. Maybe five. Then I... the human body isn't meant to hold this much energy. It burns through most humans. [Nothing looks down at its' hands, already blackened up past the elbow. Once that gets to its' head, everything is over.
The good Jason is someone worth holding onto. The good Jason may not be the real him, though. Maybe the real him is the furious man telling Nothing it's self-righteous and wants to be a martyr and everyone sees dead bodies. Maybe the real him is that, seething contempt. He's partly Erik, kind and thoughtful, but also part Phantom, cursing Christine abruptly when she misstepped by removing the mask.
But neither Christine nor Erik had a ticking clock in play. Nothing does. Unless it starts making sacrifices to the Scarlet King, it has an expiration date. To curl up and cuddle and kiss and adore and then leave someone to have to bury it, that just feels... wrong. Cruel. Not something it should do to someone who cares. What kind of slap across the face would it be to let someone get deeply attached and then leave that someone - especially someone who's already had so much loss and pain? Nothing wouldn't do that to its' worst enemy.
Lying had occurred to Nothing as an option, but that's even more morally bankrupt. Take all the affection it wants, then leave without warning? God, that would be sick and twisted. That would hurt worse, to be totally blindsided by it. And frankly, enough lying goes on in Gotham already. This is not something Jason needs. Betrayal is not something anyone in this line of work needs, and to withhold the truth is a betrayal of trust, and not one Nothing can justify as being necessary in any way, just one that would make life easier.
Nothing doesn't lean away, but it does not lean in. Neither choice feels morally correct.]
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[Nothing literally apologized for having a mental health crisis. If Jason thinks that equals not admitting to making mistakes, then he simply does not know what words mean. If Jason thinks someone acknowledging that he was hurtful is playing the victim, then he has warped the word 'victim' to mean 'anyone who does not instantly forgive me for hurting them'.
The biggest help would be space away from Jason, the mental gymnastics, the insults, the unrelenting dedication to viewing Nothing as the one in the wrong no matter what, the dedication to viewing everything as an insult, as disgust, as hate, as other people playing the victim. If apologies don't count, if facts don't matter, if not wanting to be hurt by someone who went from normal conversation to ranting about how secretly Nothing was implying this that and the other thing about him is "playing the victim", well... maybe Nothing can get Batman to find someone else to help Jason. Maybe Nothing can try working with someone else to get Ativan, though frankly, no one ever made Nothing feel like shit that badly even sans Ativan before. No Ativan and no Jason was a better state to be in than with Jason.
This is work. This is not a source of joy. Being near this guy is work, like patrol or fighting.]
You... Jason, I don't think you should get too attached to me. I - the thing is - I didn't get my powers the correct way someone's supposed to get magic infused into them. I don't... I think I have four years left. Maybe five. Then I... the human body isn't meant to hold this much energy. It burns through most humans. [Nothing looks down at its' hands, already blackened up past the elbow. Once that gets to its' head, everything is over.
The good Jason is someone worth holding onto. The good Jason may not be the real him, though. Maybe the real him is the furious man telling Nothing it's self-righteous and wants to be a martyr and everyone sees dead bodies. Maybe the real him is that, seething contempt. He's partly Erik, kind and thoughtful, but also part Phantom, cursing Christine abruptly when she misstepped by removing the mask.
But neither Christine nor Erik had a ticking clock in play. Nothing does. Unless it starts making sacrifices to the Scarlet King, it has an expiration date. To curl up and cuddle and kiss and adore and then leave someone to have to bury it, that just feels... wrong. Cruel. Not something it should do to someone who cares. What kind of slap across the face would it be to let someone get deeply attached and then leave that someone - especially someone who's already had so much loss and pain? Nothing wouldn't do that to its' worst enemy.
Lying had occurred to Nothing as an option, but that's even more morally bankrupt. Take all the affection it wants, then leave without warning? God, that would be sick and twisted. That would hurt worse, to be totally blindsided by it. And frankly, enough lying goes on in Gotham already. This is not something Jason needs. Betrayal is not something anyone in this line of work needs, and to withhold the truth is a betrayal of trust, and not one Nothing can justify as being necessary in any way, just one that would make life easier.
Nothing doesn't lean away, but it does not lean in. Neither choice feels morally correct.]