_{now, that was the question, wasn’t it? why hadn’t he decided to do the deed himself? truth be told, he could, but he didn’t think it was needed. he plotted, he planned, and he waited. when the proper moment came, he would act, but until that moment? no, he wouldn’t lift a finger.
      “why haven’t you?”}

_{there were several excuses as to why, but for now, he was going to settle with a simple one. after-all, he never did manage to make his hair black — not in this vessel at least. “i’m wearing a blonde, does that count?”}