reach the residents

[ximilian]

● ● ● REACH THE RESIDENTS

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// VIVECA

Hi, what can I help you with?

// DEGAR

Today was gonna be the day, but they'll never throw it back to you. And by now, you should've somehow realized what you're not to do.

▶ NAV

Comments

[vivecai]

[ her answer is not immediate — when it comes, it's solid and serious. ]

You may be relieved to hear measures have already been taken. I believe he has sufficient reason to consider his actions in the future.

[ in the end, it is not her story to tell, not when it pertains as much to newt as it does to aleksander. and now, it is all up to how badly aleksander wants his regret to be fixed; he knows now that degar's magic is powerful enough to overpower him in but a breath. ]

[blackfire]

（ a leashed dog can still bite. the only difference is the reach of its jaws.

the answer does not relieve him, per se, but it satisfies. for now. he will not ask about the measures — he will simply see if he can divine them for himself at some point with direct contact with kirigan. ）

If he puts the mission or crew in jeopardy while we are on a mission, I do not intend to stand idly by.

（ it could be that she already knows that about him. but he would prefer not to be ambiguous about it, where viveca is concerned. ）

[vivecai]

I have no doubt. I won't condone anyone putting the crew or the mission in danger... but there's little I can do when you're outside the station.

[ as long as it is a warranted course of action, she will not protest — kovacs had stopped aleksander, and though he'd done it with words rather than anything else... he did the right thing. ]

But whatever else he may be, the man you call Kirigan is also an asset to this team. That is why he is here. He has just as much of a right to undo what he regrets as everyone else here.

[ she knows his past — and it is not her task to judge, just as she didn't judge itachi for his deeds. what matters to her is what they do here, now, and in the future. ]

[blackfire]

I have not questioned your judgement.

（ he had defended that very position to wei wuxian, in fact — that viveca and degar are the final arbiters of selection, and that they have a purpose in the choices they make. ）

For what it is worth, regardless of how a conflict may arise, I would not kill him.

（ seal him, perhaps. which he could perhaps get away with by virtue of sheer unfamiliarity — he's certain such a feint would only work the once. but he is wary of what kirigan himself may be capable of, and what itachi has not seen of him. he has never been one to underestimate his opponents. ）

[vivecai]

I know.

[ it is obvious to her why he would be able to see exactly why a man like kirigan is here, why she would have judged him to be an asset, not a hindrance, the risk to be worth it — she'd done it with itachi, too, hadn't she?

instead, she explains herself so that it is clear; so that, should anyone ask him, he does not have to rely merely on conjecture, but her words. ]

Good. If something should happen on mission, I would prefer he be brought here, so we may deal with it accordingly. [ she does not say she would not kill him; he's had his chance. she's not the type to give more than one. ]

[blackfire]

It will be done, should needs be.

（ or he'll die trying, but that's neither here nor there.

in any case, that is answer enough for him, and with it he ends the conversation.

sorry, viv, you know what he's like... ）