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[integrity]

Someone within this city is going to buy me a drink. Immediately. I prefer scotch, but really, anything will do. I also require a sledgehammer. Crowbars are also acceptable.

Your generosity will be repaid tenfold in both money, good will, and the feathers that I will be tearing out of my favorite down pillow. If you so choose to remain so, anonymous donations can be dropped off at my mailbox at the post office.

Remember: generosity is a virtue, not a sin.

x Crowley.

Comments

[fridgetothefire]

The only reasonable response.

Oh, and you can just leave that in the umbrella stand, by the way.

[She indicated the chipped second-hand ceramic owl sitting next to her desk, with a few canes and umbrella handles protruding from it's head like drab flowers.]

[integrity]

You've yet to be fully accustomed to me. I assure you, it's reasonable.

[ -- and he glances toward the umbrella stand.]

You keep weaponry in your umbrella stand?

[Crowley sounds amused.]

[fridgetothefire]

Most people glance once and assume it's just a handle of something else trying too hard to look hardcore, if they look at all. And it's reassuring to keep it close to hand.

[integrity]

[ ... he looks suitably impressed before depositing the weapon neatly in the umbrella stand.]

Smart.

[Hunter smart -- but if Crowley is telling you you're smart, you should probably just take the compliment, he doesn't do it very often.]

[fridgetothefire]

[She shrugs. She's never really had a standard of comparison, and Magneto only told her she was weak and useless, so she doesn't think of herself as particularly smart at all.]

Thanks, I guess? It's not a big deal, I just like to be careful.

[integrity]

[Magneto killed him. He knows the feel of Magneto being a douchebag.]

There is a difference between being careful and being smart. That -- is smart.

[Crowley shrugs a shoulder.]

But have it your way.