[ There's been a period of quiet between them — Silco busying himself studying ReSculpt, perhaps deliberately avoiding her after December's events, perhaps not. But when he sees her responding to Vander on the network, he peeks into her room. Not seeing her, he ignores his more cowardly impulses and simply texts instead. ]
un: silco
It seems Vander has joined us here.
no subject
she types and deletes:
does he hate me
is he okay
are you?
in the rafters of the topmost sitting room, she settles on: ]
have u seen him
[ because he seems more like himself than he had when she saw him last, even under viktor’s care. ]
no subject
Whatever our past, we can agree that what you want is the most important thing.
[ Even if that means a truce in the manor. ]
no subject
me
he doesn’t even know me
[ he knows powder. ]
no subject
Perhaps he'd like to get to know you.
I can manage a truce, if that's what you want.
Or I can kill him repeatedly until he leaves us alone.