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[stormandwind]

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[stormandwind]

Would you reserve the right to possess me in the meantime, though?

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[tetractys]

ONCE WE SHAKE, I'M BOUND TO WHAT I PROMISED!~ YOU'D BE TRADING THIS NEW PRICE FOR YOUR OLD ONE!

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[stormandwind]

Anything else you're willing to tell me before I make up my mind?

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[tetractys]

SURE, A FEW THINGS! FIRST OFF, WEIGH TAKING MY OFFER AGAINST NOT TAKING IT! NONE OF YOUR FRIENDS WILL BE ABLE TO FEEL SAFE AROUND YOU EVER AGAIN! YA THINK ANYBODY'S ATTACHED ENOUGH TO STICK AROUND IF THEY HAVE OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE JUST AS FUN TO SOCIALIZE WITH BUT WON'T SUDDENLY PUT A THOUSAND VOLTS IN THEM?

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[stormandwind]

[Hurting people is exactly what she's worried about, and the only reason she's even considered taking his deal. If he gets more out of her than she means him to now, when she makes a deal with him in her right mind, though... well, then it really will be her fault. This outburst hardly makes Tris inclined to trust him. Dean will figure something out, if her research stays fruitless. Besides, there's Rosethorn's (vehement) opinion to consider.]

I'll stay with what I've already gotten myself into.

[People leaving hardly concerns Tris at all. Rosethorn isn't going anywhere. If anyone else does, it will be no more than Tris spent half her life expecting. She can live with it. Her foster mother is hers to keep.]

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[tetractys]

THAT'S THE BEST CASE SCENARIO, OF COURSE. THE ONE WHERE YOU KEEP YOUR GUARD UP! THE SCENARIOS WHERE YOU DON'T END WITH SEIZURES AND FRYING ORGANS AND ME LEAVING YOU AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME JUST A LITTLE TOO LATE TO REVERSE THE DAMAGE!

ALL OF THAT SAID, AND CONTRARY TO HOW A LOT OF MEMBERS OF MY SO-CALLED SPECIES OPERATE, I DON'T ACTUALLY ENJOY PLAYING AGAINST SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T ASK TO BE IN THE GAME. YOU WERE IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME. I KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE.

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[stormandwind]

If you think I haven't already come up with a vast array of worst case scenarios, you underestimate my imagination.

[She'll figure out some way around as many of them as she can, because Tris is capable of much worse than a single death.]

We could always stop playing instead, since you don't like to.

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[tetractys]

NOT THE WAY THE MAGIC WORKS. OR I WORK! IF I DON'T TAKE A PROPORTIONATE FEE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE DEAL - A LOSS FOR A GAIN - THE SCALES WILL JUST BALANCE THEMSELVES ALONG THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE. SORT OF LIKE YOUR LIGHTNING!

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[stormandwind]

For example?

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[tetractys]

HMM, LET'S SEE.

I CONTRACTED WITH THIS LITTLE, ANGRY HUMAN ONCE WHO WANTED ME TO HELP RUIN HIS RIVAL'S BUSINESS BY FINDING OUT THE COMBINATION TO A SAFE. SIMPLE STUFF! ONLY I DIDN'T GET TO THE CODE FAST ENOUGH, AND MY CLIENT BACKED OUT AT THE FIRST SIGN OF TROUBLE. NO FAITH!

THE DEAL BROKE. FRANKLY, I HAD NO SYMPATHY FOR THE KID. THE BACKLASH OF CONTRACTING A KNOWLEDGE SPIRIT OF MY LEVEL TO REVEAL A SECRET AND RUIN A COMPANY - AND THEN LETTING GO OF THE SPELL BEFORE IT COULD COME FULL-CIRCLE - MEANT THAT A SERIES OF "COINCIDENCES" AIRED HIS DIRTY LAUNDRY, AND PUT HIM OUT OF BUSINESS WITHIN A WEEK. SECRETS FOR SECRETS, RUIN FOR RUIN. GET IT?