Shot in the dark, but tell me if I'm wrong: was keeping you in working shape technically a business investment for him?
[They readjust their viewpoint a little and then reapproach. Are they projecting? Maybe! (Yes.)
It's uncharitable to think about the Prince like that, Ashton knows; he was about as close to a decent man in his position as he was going to get, at least to her, and it's not his fault she was too goddamn good at killing to get to take a week or two off. There was always somewhere or someone or something that she could be useful to or for.]
Might have gone differently if you wouldn't have been his anymore.
Back when I had a boss, he did genuinely threaten to have me killed a few times, though admittedly that was partially for dragging his daughter into situations she had no reason to be anywhere near. Hardly without cause.
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[They readjust their viewpoint a little and then reapproach. Are they projecting? Maybe! (Yes.)
It's uncharitable to think about the Prince like that, Ashton knows; he was about as close to a decent man in his position as he was going to get, at least to her, and it's not his fault she was too goddamn good at killing to get to take a week or two off. There was always somewhere or someone or something that she could be useful to or for.]
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yeah definitely part of it
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Back when I had a boss, he did genuinely threaten to have me killed a few times, though admittedly that was partially for dragging his daughter into situations she had no reason to be anywhere near. Hardly without cause.
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he needed someone who
understood
so I think if
I stopped feeling lonely or afraid of betrayal
that's what would make me less useful
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Were you getting anything meaningful out of the arrangement?
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They're hard to find, aren't they.
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Silco was the only one back then
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It makes it easier.