chroma | catchall for damien

[countermeasures]

it's fun to not be canon familiar bc then i get surprised by cr

but it also sucks not to be because i have to wait to make visuals until i learn more through cr and that makes me more likely to forget to do them

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How could she get away with that...?

[just - tying him up like that? like, yes, jiuqing has talked about tying people down if they refused medical treatment but really needed it, and yes, he looked like he was in sore need of medical treatment -

but that woman didn't seem like any sort of reputable doctor at all.]

[highrisk]

It's a government agency and she's in charge, so.

She can do anything she wants.

[countermeasures]

Ah.

That's the worst.

[highrisk]

Yeah, well.

She didn't literally murder me, so. I mean, that's a step up. [ compared to your bitch... ]

[countermeasures]

Yes, well...

[WELL...

...

he has a point there.]

[highrisk]

[ huh... ]

So are you... Past where you were the first time?

[ because that sounds kind of scary. reliving your life and knowing what's coming... up to a point. and then passing that point. ]

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No... not exactly.

[it hasn't been long enough for that.]

But I've changed the situation drastically. I didn't marry Peng Zion in this life, and I've cut ties with the Su family. Even if my cousin does have his child, she can't use him to hurt me.

[highrisk]

[ help he doesn't understand political power and the fraught drama of interpersonal relationships ]

... Ah. Well. Good, then?

[countermeasures]

Yes.

[she smiles. there's something a little sharp in it.]

...things have happened very differently since I found myself back in the past. The people who made me suffer in my first life are the ones who are suffering now.

[highrisk]

Wish I could make that happen in my life.

[countermeasures]

Is there some reason why you can't...? It just takes a bit of careful planning.

[highrisk]

Think they've got a lot more resources than I do...

[countermeasures]

...so they have more to lose when everything comes crashing down around them.

[highrisk]

Maybe. But I don't think Wadsworth cares about anything but her nephew, and...

Not like he did anything.

[countermeasures]

[ah. that's fair.

both of jiuqing's enemies were related - but they'd also both done things to earn her ire. wadsworth's nephew, not so much. it's a good thing that damien can separate him from his aunt.]

I see... then I suppose that would make it a little more difficult.

[highrisk]

Yeah. He's harder to kidnap than you'd think.

[ sir, ]

[countermeasures]

[sir.]

...speaking from experience?

[highrisk]

[ haha....... ]

... I wasn't gonna do anything to him.

[countermeasures]

I know. You made that pretty clear, before.

[highrisk]

Right. So some people could have been more understanding about the whole thing.

[countermeasures]

...you mean, like her? Or...?

[highrisk]

Ha. No, I'm not stupid enough to expect that. That'd be... Above and beyond decency, which - she doesn't have to begin with.

Other people.

[countermeasures]

Ah.

...well... hopefully they'll come to understand, eventually.

[highrisk]

... Nah. That ship's sailed.

[countermeasures]

Oh... I'm sorry to hear that.