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I like to think so.

Why?

*mun totally read that wrong, improvises*

Kindness is good and well, but too much kindness, to much giving and the other will forget to give in turn and often that kindness is taken for granted.

Kindness doesn' get the point across quickly. Takes too long sometimes. Especially when the child is a fool.

ooc: it is ok :) I sort of figured that happened. He likes to drop his 'Ts'

All the best things come with time.

...But sometimes, time is of the essence, yes.

*shrugs*

Yeah. I guess. S'what my stepfather used to say. He didn't use quite the same words, but I get what you mean.

Do you really? I'm not sure...

*looks at him, puzzled*

I think so, yeah. Why?

Because you always think so well of people, I think you misunderstand a lot.

*smiles, though his eyes are sad*

Not all people. Just people I...~~care about~~ know.

*frowns, still confused*

What's on your mind, Percy? What don't I understand?

I don' want to explain it.

And you shouldn't think well of people you know. You don' really know anything about them. You think you understand me, but you don'. You don' really, you never will.

*shakes his head ruefully*

I never said I understood you, Percy.

*silent for a moment*

Percy? Why do you keep me around?

Because I am not bored of you, yet.

*smiles and takes a drag*

Flatterer.

Heh.

That's true.

I'd like to speak to you about something when you've got time--please?

What is it you would like to speak about?

I think you might be able to guess--I saw Brody earlier. He's sleeping it off at my place.

I don't want this to become a big dramatic fighty thing, though; I'm not a hunter, it's not my style. So I'm hoping that can be avoided.

He needed to learn.

I'm not going to argue that he engaged in a lot of really, really risky behavior--we discussed that before at some length, as I recall.

Are you comfortable having this conversation here?

Take it where you like. You are the one that seems to have something to say.

Here is fine, then.

I'm trying to find him somewhere else to stay. He told me this would probably upset you.

And where would he stay? *raised brow*

With me, maybe; he'd have a lot to do in Chicago, and I could probably see about getting him some identification so he could take his GED tests at some point. He doesn't seem to want to go back to the older couple he was with before.

I Don' know where Chicago is.

It's a big city in the United States, in Illinois.

Where does he wan' to stay?

ooc: I really do marvel at this calming influence she has on him. I would like to know how she does it lol.

His main concern was being placed with the Keels, and I'm not going to force him anywhere, so that's out. I'm not sure he's fussy otherwise, but I'll talk to him about it more when he's sobered up.

I healed the physical injuries as much as I could. I don't know if I really need to state my objections to what went on, do I?

He wouldn' learn the danger of it any other way. *narrowed eyes* I am no' patient teacher. Nor do I have kindness in me.

*pulls out a cigarette and lights it slowly.*

Is Chicago far from New York?

ooc: I do too, really. It is nice to see him be more than a vague asshole to people.

Which is why I think your protection is a very valuable thing for him, but that the 'taking care of' aspect is something other people should manage. He won't even need it for much longer.

*sidesteps any smoke, carefully*

It's about eight hundred miles, but I have ways of going long distances very quickly.

He needs to be taken care of. *His is stubborn in that.* He jus' don' know it. *Not that Percy can really admit he is the best for it, but he is a tad possessive once he finds something he takes in. IE Brody, Arsene, Arthur, Anson, and Alex...*

I can' protect him if he is so far. *frowns*

ooc: I wouldn't mind lol. You can IM me sometime, :D. *nods*

Yes. He wants to be grown up, I think, and--he's been through a lot, but it's not the same thing. But he will grow up. He'll get that chance. *determined*

He'll still be here, which is frankly where the most trouble seems to find him, of late. And I know I don't seem like much, but I'm not as helpless as all that. If worse comes to worst I could make him spend time with my grandmother, who is terrifying in the way that only 75-year-old Lebanese women can be.

*In his personal opinion, many have had a good deal of things they had to deal with. Percy had his own demons.*

What...are the scars on his chest? What did it say? *He can't read, but that is fairly obvious from the question.*

Stay here? *pause* With me? *Because he wouldn't mind that...really.*

ooc: Excellent! :D

...ah. 'Antichrist.' Someone crucified him, a while ago. He's dead now, the person who did that. *she's clearly still upset by it, but forcing herself to stay even* I healed him afterward, but it was...really bad.

I doubt I could keep him out for long!

*frowns deeply, brow knotting.* Why would they do that? *It doesn't seem right to him.*

*As for the rest. He nods, acceptingly.*

I don't know. It's part of something I don't understand yet.

*Shakes his head slowly.* If they were no' dead. I would kill them.