sharpememory | [45]

Deep and meaningful question for the week, barge. If you could go home, but no one you loved was there, would you do it?

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From:

sharpememory

I'm still stuck on the fact that you're totally okay with never seeing mom, gramps, Lila or anyone else ever again. You don't even want to see your stupid friends? [Or me?]

From:

patheticvillain

Did I say totally okay?

From:

sharpememory

Oh, man. Are you going through that 'I'll never get home' inmate stage?

From:

patheticvillain

You used to be way better at reading me, Barron.

From:

sharpememory

Yeah, well. There were extenuating circumstances back then. [i.e. Barron making up your memories. c:]

From:

patheticvillain

Sure were.

No, I'm pretty sure I'm going to graduate. I'm just never going back somewhere I'll be a commodity again. I'm done being your knife.

From:

sharpememory

So you're going to just abandon everyone you know for the sake of that? Even your family?

From:

patheticvillain

Is this a hard concept for you? Should I speak slower? Write it down, maybe, so you don't forget?

From:

sharpememory

Look, I don't give a shit if you're done with me. That's outside of my control, so I'm not going to worry about it. But you'd seriously just leave mom to the wolves?

From:

patheticvillain

Sure you don't, Barron. You don't give a shit. I believe that. I really do, despite the fact that your warden's done pretty much everything in his power to convince me otherwise. I know.

But you know what, you're right, I'm not in your control anymore. Quit covering ground I've already covered and acting like it's going to make a difference.

From:

sharpememory

Yeah, because Prefect and I are psychically connected and he knows everything that happens in my head.

Grow up, Cassel. Getting pissed off at me isn't going to change the fact that you've planning to abandon your family. And what about Lila?

From:

patheticvillain

I know exactly what I've decided to do and exactly what it means. Shockingly, I can think for myself.

Do you seriously think I'm about to talk to you about Lila?

From:

sharpememory

Yeah, right. How do you know that someone else on this boat didn't put the idea into your head? How can you be sure?

Did I hit a sore spot? Something you're not thinking about, maybe?

From:

patheticvillain

[There's a moment, just a moment of doubt when he realizes people have been talking about this for - a long time, so long, since he got here. But he got to this decision on his own, he thinks. So there's hesitation, but when he speaks his voice is steel.]

I'm sure.

And I talked to Lila. I told her what she needed to know. You don't need to know any of it.

From:

sharpememory

Either you've been brainwashed or you're pulling a hell of a con to graduate.

From:

patheticvillain

[He laughs, derisive.]

You got me.

From:

sharpememory

[Brainwashed, Barron assumes.] Well, have fun with that.

From:

patheticvillain

I'm having tons.

You, on the other hand, you're gonna be here forever, aren't you?

From:

sharpememory

You'd be surprised about that one, I reckon.

From:

patheticvillain

You're not as surprising as you think you are. I've dropped you at least three hints about what's actually going on in this conversation alone, and you just assumed that my head's somebody's toy again. You're predictable. You're an asshole. And you're too addicted to lying - you can't spin a story good enough to get out of here.