[ it's dangerous, of course. sébastien is a rook, he could say a word and joe would find his ass in the quarry and nicky absolutely furious with him — joe's rule with himself is that he won't lie to nicky if his kestrel work finds him in the quarry.
Alright she lives by killing the other participants, lives with knowing their families are grieving and have to go through it all over again the next month, lives knowing their pain was so she could live, that even surviving one Quarry won't protect her from another.
Sure, she lives and the Quarry stops mattering to you because your friend isn't in it. No matter that her friends could be dying in a month while she relives what she had to do to survive.
[ 'Do something about it', like he isn't caught up in complications upon complications of politics, some of the Volary members far more cunning and dangerous than the roughest thug he's taken on in the Congregation.
They wouldn't just hurt him, they would hurt everyone he has ever known and cared about — and yes, that includes Joe. ]
[ Some of it is possible enough, untraceable even by him.
Some of it, however, is dangerous, forcing him once and for all to give up everything he has worked so hard to achieve up till now. Sébastien isn't sure he's ready for that yet. ]
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This one was a little different from the others but I liked it
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[ it's dangerous, of course. sébastien is a rook, he could say a word and joe would find his ass in the quarry and nicky absolutely furious with him — joe's rule with himself is that he won't lie to nicky if his kestrel work finds him in the quarry.
but they won't get anywhere being cautious. ]
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[ Silly perhaps that he now finds himself looking for messages in the books that Joe sends him.
This one was much more to the point than some of the others, though. ]
Was this one inspired by something in particular?
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This Quarry is hitting close to home.
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[ Believe it or not. ]
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A girl called Nile and someone I have known for a very long time, Kai
[ The latter is an idiot, honestly, but the former doesn't belong there. ]
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You know Nile and you can stand to sit up in your ivory tower and watch her die and have the audacity to pity yourself?
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It is not that easy
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[ Not if he can help it. He just needs to figure a way out for her, somehow.
Which. He's working on. ]
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Sure, she lives and the Quarry stops mattering to you because your friend isn't in it. No matter that her friends could be dying in a month while she relives what she had to do to survive.
But it's not easy for you.
My mistake.
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None of that is what I had meant
True I never cared much for the Quarry but don't paint me as someone who threw her into it either
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joe considers drop-kicking him. ]
Then do something about it. You have power, use it.
Reread the last lines.
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They wouldn't just hurt him, they would hurt everyone he has ever known and cared about — and yes, that includes Joe. ]
What would you have me do then?
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Move bells into the congregation, convince people with powers to use them to protect the congregation.
[ murder some cardinals, gosh. ]
The Conclave, they like drama. What is more dramatic than upsetting the status quo. It's about time they worked to keep their power.
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[ Some of it is possible enough, untraceable even by him.
Some of it, however, is dangerous, forcing him once and for all to give up everything he has worked so hard to achieve up till now. Sébastien isn't sure he's ready for that yet. ]
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[ it seems like the end of discussion but after a few minutes joe adds: ]
You're a good man, Le Livre. You can do good things.