031 // Voice

[showbizpanache]

If I hear about that dead Hunter one more time I'm going to lose it. There is a man you should all be mourning-- His name is Franz d'Epinay.

I'm getting really sick of how backwards this place is.

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[vw_coyote]

I'm not. I'm trying to tell you that you aren't in charge of everyone else's feelings.

[Snapped.]

Do I care that he's dead? Yes. Because it means he won't be hunting anyone any more. Do grieve for the family and friends he left behind because they are innocent? Yes.

[The final word is snarled.]

But I don't tell people how to feel.

[showbizpanache]

Shouldn't I? Because that seems an awful lot like what you're doing.

[God, he's going to look back on all these conversations and feel terrible. But right now, he's exhausted and sick and starving and he's right there with you, Mercy. If only they could both see that.]

[vw_coyote]

[She won't. It's an issue with her.]

No. I want you angry. I think you should be angry. I think all of us should be angry. But you're telling people what they're allowed to feel. That's the difference. I'm ignoring everything to do with the man. Because getting angry about him being talked about? Does nothing. You want to do something? Fine. Try not to run over too many people in the process.

[showbizpanache]

Mercy, I said that I'm sick of people talking about Berchelli. I never said 'hey, don't be horrified by gruesome death' or anything. I'm not the Thought Police.

[vw_coyote]

Really? "There is a man you should all be mourning-" - Which implies that the other guy shouldn't be mourned for.

[A deep breath. She's so used to keeping her temper around werewolves and vampires...]

Grieve for your friend. Be angry that the locals don't care. But don't, for a second, forget that there are those who will grieve for the hunter too. And they deserve as much respect as you do.

[showbizpanache]

Why are you so upset, Mercy?

[vw_coyote]

I'm not upset.

[She really is.]

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[showbizpanache]

You are, Mercy. What's wrong? There's no way you're getting this worked up over that hunter. Not when you know what he did to me.

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[vw_coyote]

You weren't the only one there, Kurt. I had a collar on me too, remember?

[Tired siiiiigh.]

I'm just tired and sore, that's all.

[showbizpanache]

I'm talking about him specifically. Don't put words in my mouth, please.

And why is that, exactly? Another fight?

[vw_coyote]

I broke my arm. And a few ribs.

[Oops.]

I'll be fine.

[showbizpanache]

Honestly-- Why? Did you get to a hospital?

[vw_coyote]

I did. They patched me up. I'll be fine.

[showbizpanache]

I'll heal you. I can do it over the network.

[vw_coyote]

No. You can't. But thank you for the offer.