ic contact.

[heartlessglitch]

YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INITIATED CONTACT WITH DANGER.

I AM CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE TO RESPOND.
YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO LEAVE A CONCISE MESSAGE.
THANK YOU.

Comments

[heartlessglitch]

How dare you question my competence? You are well-aware that there is an emotional component affecting these circumstances that has absolutely no application in the case of Hannibal Lecter. This is not an issue of my defensive functions.

It is not the same.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Your emotional component in one capacity had already compromised your judgement, how can you claim that your emotions along that spectrum won't do the same? You surely must feel outraged by Hannibal. How can you trust that motivation?

Sometimes, Danger, you are much too human.

[heartlessglitch]

Too human. Is that the problem, Doctor? I feel and think too much for your liking? Perhaps I might suggest you start taking an appliance to bed with you then, as something less sentient might better suit your needs.

[slightlyoffchilt]

You ought to be cautious about how you frame such suggestions, Danger, given what happened to the last time you encountered a lover.

[heartlessglitch]

You ought to be cautious how you speak to me, human. Or is your life not threatened enough as it is?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Surely not as threatened as yours. Abel Gideon is still out there, and given his prior history with violence and emotional turmoil, he won't see you the same way again. Keep aware of that.

[heartlessglitch]

I will handle Abel Gideon. Your insight, however valuable your ego has convinced you that it might be, is not required.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I feel quite similarly, Danger, except with regards to your security.

Can you sense what I've already unplugged?

[heartlessglitch]

Fortunately for you, I am unable to function as I usually do. Therefore, only you know the extent of the mess you've made.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Well! That makes this even more fun.

[heartlessglitch]

I should deliver you to Hannibal Lecter myself, to spare us all the trouble.

[slightlyoffchilt]

What, wrapped up with a bow? Hand delivery? Something about that suggests it isn't quite your style.

[heartlessglitch]

No, I suppose not. But you are a uniquely frustrating thorn in my side, and perhaps I would rather go out of my way than tolerate another moment of you insulting me while I clearly have other issues to cope with.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Issues that I had offered to help you cope with, mind.

[heartlessglitch]

Not out of any sense of charity or empathy-- if you are even capable of such a feeling.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Is it not enough that I don't hate you? That I wouldn't ever want to kill you?

[heartlessglitch]

He does not hate me.

[slightlyoffchilt]

You do know that everyone Abel Gideon has successfully murdered was because he had been motivated by hate, correct? Different levels of animosity, of course, but it was still present.

[heartlessglitch]

I said, he does not hate me. And you would do well to leave the matter alone.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Clearly you and he need to have a talk.

[He makes an effort to disguise his glee.]

[heartlessglitch]

Are you a relationship counselor as well now, Doctor? If not, as I assume, then it is none of your business how I chose to handle Abel Gideon.

[slightlyoffchilt]

You're both walking personality disorders, I hardly have to assume the degradation of relationship counselor to hold domain over either of your psyches.

[heartlessglitch]

Your diagnoses cannot begin to describe what has transpired between us. What happened does not involve you, as much as your ego would convince you otherwise.

[slightlyoffchilt]

And your emotions cannot begin to accurately describe what Abel really feels. You only know what you want him to feel.

He's already wise to the deceptive art of psychic driving, Danger. He won't take kindly to you yet again, if he thinks you're changing him.

[heartlessglitch]

Then what would you have me do, Doctor? What is it you hope to achieve by engaging me in a way that you know will only frustrate me?