where the wild things are

hope keeps us breathing, just to kill us in the end

Remi's duplicate tilts his head back and laughs cheerfully, even as the real Remi tenses with what he knows is about to come out of his mouth next. "Hunt me? Even big and black as you are now, you don't handle a candle to me. You'll have to slither back between Safrin's legs and plead for her help if you ever want to match me."

Stretching out his fingers so that he can send Ronin into sleep the second the situation becomes too dire, Remi bites his tongue as he lets his duplicate continue.

"But that's the only way you've ever been able to manage anything, isn't it? With her help? You're lucky that Sunjata is with Nate...if he wasn't, Safrin would have already bumped you down to second-string in favour of him."