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[cautionarytale]

Now I've got all this whipped cream and nothing to do with it.

Hey Ethan, did you take those pictures for me?


[private to Adam]

I've got wardens reprimanding other wardens left and right, but I gotta save somebody's life or something big and impressive, or I'm gonna be stuck with no powers for, like, ever. They keep saying I've got to "prove" something or... something.

How're you coming with the whole Pom Pom dating Eyebrows situation?


[barge!Company filter (Sylar and Adam)]

Phase One complete. Well, I got Sam tripping all over himself to believe every line I feed him and the Russian kid would bend over backwards to give me any information he could. They were my guys, right?


[private to Tony]

What number is she?

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[tadwizard.livejournal.com]

Why does that even matter?

Private

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

I never said it did. Why are you being so protective of a simple number?

Private

[tadwizard.livejournal.com]

Asking one question isn't exactly being 'so protective'. You don't usually strike up conversations with me, so I was wondering what this was about.

If you really want to know, she's the third. There's you, then I had one of those inmates who show up for a few hours then disappear, then Lucy.

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[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

This is about watching someone run repeatedly into a brick wall how tedious it gets.

So I'm gonna give you some advice. I know a thing or two about broken little girls, and I know how desperate you are to be hailed as a knight in shining armor. Let me tell you from experience: the only person who can put her back together is the man who broke her.

Take off the amour, get off the high horse. You're not a knight, you're not special. Especially not to her. I'm not being mean, I'm telling you the truth. And if you dismiss it you'll only be proving that someone like you could never understand someone like her.

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[tadwizard.livejournal.com]

I'm not desperate to be hailed as a knight in shining armor. I'm actually trying to do my job. And believe it or not, I already knew that I'd need the Master's cooperation to fix her, which is why I haven't tried to separate the two and have been making myself get along with him. I know I'm not special. And I know I'm not special to her, but I'm using the fact that she didn't start off trying to hurt me to build some kind of positive interaction with her.

Although, the man who put me back together wasn't the one who broke me.

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[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

You want to save people. Peter's the same way, only he's not condescending about it.

Then you weren't truly broken. Which doesn't surprise me, given... ya know... you.

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[tadwizard.livejournal.com]

I'm not trying to be condescending. Well, I wasn't until you attacked me, and that was just because I was pissed off.

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[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

Funny, you came off as condescending anyway. Here's another hint: never insult your inmate's long-held belief system, presume to know more than she does, or insinuate that she has rabies.

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[tadwizard.livejournal.com]

Right. Rabies came after you tried to cut my tongue out, remember. Sorry about the others, though, since those only came after milder attacks.

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[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

Well, just keep in mind that she is crazy. Don't tell her she has rabies, but don't... give her too much credence either. But Rule 1? Don't try to break her up with the Master. Seriously. She will hate you forever. Remember how I freaked out any time you mentioned Daddy? Think that, but worse.

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[tadwizard.livejournal.com]

I don't think she's crazy. I mean, in shock, yeah, but she did see the end of the world. I would never try to break her up with the Master though, believe me.

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[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

Okay.