- NATE -
don't you pray? don't you pray
to a cocaine jesus in a black four seater?
to a cocaine jesus in a black four seater?
Nate sucks in a deep, indignant breath; about to argue the point, about to split hairs and get ugly; and then stops, silence stretching out. He works his jaw closed again slowly, forcing himself to think about the words that are about to come out of his mouth. “I’m sorry.” The words croak out of him quietly, Nate’s gaze falling to the ground between them. “I can’t speak to the motivations or feelings of... those there, or the Voice really, but... I wouldn’t say I agreed with what happened.”
Something in him cringes away from the sympathy in Junipers voice, Nate’s fingers closing around a handful of dry grass. “You can’t.” The echo is quiet, emotionless. A statement of fact. “The Voice doesn’t hate you.” Disinterest wasn’t the same thing as hatred, and Nate had never heard of anyone suffering seeking out the Vice as the old gods had made them suffer.
It would be easy to pretend he didn’t hear the quiet words. Easy to ignore them. “You understand your loyalty means supporting the death of every ascended? The words aren’t pointed, aren’t even angry. There’s nothing but a distant exhaustion in Nate’s voice, his unblinking eyes focusing back on the fae.
Something in him cringes away from the sympathy in Junipers voice, Nate’s fingers closing around a handful of dry grass. “You can’t.” The echo is quiet, emotionless. A statement of fact. “The Voice doesn’t hate you.” Disinterest wasn’t the same thing as hatred, and Nate had never heard of anyone suffering seeking out the Vice as the old gods had made them suffer.
It would be easy to pretend he didn’t hear the quiet words. Easy to ignore them. “You understand your loyalty means supporting the death of every ascended? The words aren’t pointed, aren’t even angry. There’s nothing but a distant exhaustion in Nate’s voice, his unblinking eyes focusing back on the fae.
got a man, don't need him, but you wait
call me when you want, or just call me when you need it
call me when you want, or just call me when you need it
