_{it’s difficult not to grin in triumph, pleased that she’d made her
point. if everyone else is afraid of him then having one person
who isn’t was exactly what  he needed. that  person he can be
himself with, if he  chose to.  he’s not  wrong, though. plenty of
people would  annoy him  but they  wouldn’t  live  for very long
afterward and she can’t be killed. “well I’ve been called worse
and the way I see it, by being a thorn in your side I’m doing you
a favor.”}

_{“—– what favor would that be?” honestly, he enjoyed getting
his way – most of the time – and doubted that it would ever
change. the moment he didn’t, was the moment he -usually- went
off on a rampage by destroying whatever he could get his hands
on, “I don’t need anyone looking after me.”}