[ He has to stop this; it’s getting out of hand. Has already gotten out of hand, in fact. ]
I don’t plan to handle him. I don’t plan to step out of place, hunt him, punish him, or whatever else it is you’re thinking. I don't want to kill your friend, and never did.
Equally, I won't put his safety above my own. [ Or above Athos'. Or Alina's. Or anyone else he cares about here. ] I plan only to defend myself. That’s all. Unless he becomes a threat, I will not be one to him.
If knowing how to kill a vampire is itself a threat, then perhaps it’s Elena you should speak to instead of me – given that she told me herself, in casual conversation, and not because I forced her. I could have told Athos how to defend himself already, and I didn’t because I gave her my word.
Now tell me what it is you want to achieve. I will only act if I am threatened, or someone I care for is. It would be in self-defence, no more than that. Do you honestly expect anything less?
[ He will make a record, though, of all of this – just in case one of the vampires gets it into their heads to compel his memory. It’s made him more wary, not less. ]
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[ He has to stop this; it’s getting out of hand. Has already gotten out of hand, in fact. ]
I don’t plan to handle him. I don’t plan to step out of place, hunt him, punish him, or whatever else it is you’re thinking. I don't want to kill your friend, and never did.
Equally, I won't put his safety above my own. [ Or above Athos'. Or Alina's. Or anyone else he cares about here. ] I plan only to defend myself. That’s all. Unless he becomes a threat, I will not be one to him.
If knowing how to kill a vampire is itself a threat, then perhaps it’s Elena you should speak to instead of me – given that she told me herself, in casual conversation, and not because I forced her. I could have told Athos how to defend himself already, and I didn’t because I gave her my word.
Now tell me what it is you want to achieve. I will only act if I am threatened, or someone I care for is. It would be in self-defence, no more than that. Do you honestly expect anything less?
[ He will make a record, though, of all of this – just in case one of the vampires gets it into their heads to compel his memory. It’s made him more wary, not less. ]