Worth something in mine, too, but that's for sentimental value. Priceless!
( A pause. She snorts, looking sidelong at Hawks. )
I could never let the artist who hires me as a bodyguard see though, he'd be asking why I don't have any of his art up around my flat. Like anything he makes is in my budget.
But you could hear all about the, er, depth of different pigments?
( She offers a smile and a shrug of her shoulders. )
He can at least make it sound compelling. I'm barely picking out different shades of red. But I do think there's more interesting art in some of these stores... you remind me I was going to look eventually.
Oh, sometimes you have no choice but to learn. Though it can be interesting stuff. There's so much in nature you can make all kinds of pigments from...
( She trails off, then snorts, closing her eyes. )
Not going to be trying to paint with any of them while I'm here. Just wondering what my artist friend would be trying to do, when not complaining dramatically.
Yeah. Kind of something we should all find for ourselves, wherever we go, right?
( She's not going to mention that friend also helped arrange her getting hunted and kidnapped and some other shady things including the time she's fairly sure he tried to kill her before she sorta made that not happen.
Yeah, maybe, I think you're right about that. It's kind of like how I can get along with people that I wouldn't think I'd be able to. [ He's playing a bit coy, but maybe he can explain himself. ]
Part of my job is sometimes to get to know villains and I think some of them can be good people, even friends maybe, except they're just doing things I can't support.
Mm, isn't that one of the things in life? We meet people who we don't dislike as people, but who we just... can't agree with what they believe in. Even when we do care for them, or they care for us.
( She shrugs, a little amused, a little melancholy. )
Don't need to be villains. Almost easier when we can see them that way. Makes it more clear-cut, doesn't it?
For some people, sure. Maybe that's a big part of how the system works, I don't know. [ He's just one guy. ]
Because I've spent so much time with them, that might be why I see them differently. I think a lot of the people I've met had their reasons. Sometimes good reasons, real desperation, and while I can't let them continue to commit crimes, there's a failure somewhere that drove them to that point. I'm familiar with those too.
It... depends on the system. Or the power in the shadows behind what looks like a certain part of any system.
Mm, that's the thing though. Everyone has their reasons. Better ones, worse ones, but even 'heroes' ( she changes her tone around that word, as if to highlight it as she speaks, ) are motivated by different things, aren't they? Helping isn't always for the same reason. People help each other out all the time for the failures in what's around them... or they sink further into the cracks that society doesn't try to build ladders back out of.
( And she knows those places better than she'd like, even if she'd never personally recalled having been there. )
You're not wrong about that. The way things are set up in my world, there's a huge incentive to being a hero. Fame, fortune, all of that. High risks, high reward kind of situation. If you're interested in those things, it can be a fast track to them. That could be a motivation.
[ He hums lightly. ] Wasn't ever my motivation though. I wanted to help, for the sake of helping. [ He is not actually lying about that. That's been his driving force. ]
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velocityraptor) wrote2025-06-27 12:24 pm
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I mean I guess it can't hurt to try.
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Yeah, sure, why not. I'll even sign it for you. It'd be worth something for you in my world.
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( A pause. She snorts, looking sidelong at Hawks. )
I could never let the artist who hires me as a bodyguard see though, he'd be asking why I don't have any of his art up around my flat. Like anything he makes is in my budget.
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I have some kind of generic art piece in my apartment. I didn't pick it but it's there. It's fine. I'm not much of an art critic.
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( She offers a smile and a shrug of her shoulders. )
He can at least make it sound compelling. I'm barely picking out different shades of red. But I do think there's more interesting art in some of these stores... you remind me I was going to look eventually.
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I'd learn if I had to.
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( She trails off, then snorts, closing her eyes. )
Not going to be trying to paint with any of them while I'm here. Just wondering what my artist friend would be trying to do, when not complaining dramatically.
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[ He's aware how sad it sounds that he doesn't have friends, except now Alex, but that's just the name of the game. ]
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( She's not going to mention that friend also helped arrange her getting hunted and kidnapped and some other shady things including the time she's fairly sure he tried to kill her before she sorta made that not happen.
Details. )
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Part of my job is sometimes to get to know villains and I think some of them can be good people, even friends maybe, except they're just doing things I can't support.
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( She shrugs, a little amused, a little melancholy. )
Don't need to be villains. Almost easier when we can see them that way. Makes it more clear-cut, doesn't it?
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Because I've spent so much time with them, that might be why I see them differently. I think a lot of the people I've met had their reasons. Sometimes good reasons, real desperation, and while I can't let them continue to commit crimes, there's a failure somewhere that drove them to that point. I'm familiar with those too.
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Mm, that's the thing though. Everyone has their reasons. Better ones, worse ones, but even 'heroes' ( she changes her tone around that word, as if to highlight it as she speaks, ) are motivated by different things, aren't they? Helping isn't always for the same reason. People help each other out all the time for the failures in what's around them... or they sink further into the cracks that society doesn't try to build ladders back out of.
( And she knows those places better than she'd like, even if she'd never personally recalled having been there. )
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[ He hums lightly. ] Wasn't ever my motivation though. I wanted to help, for the sake of helping. [ He is not actually lying about that. That's been his driving force. ]