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[the top part is scrawled into the margin above the rest, like she wrote it as an afterthought:] You. The one that's always on about Pinkertons or whatever.

If you've got something to say about how I do my job or what doesn't hang between my legs, spare me the cowardice and say it to my goddamn face.

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[soundof-drums.livejournal.com]

Obviously. Care to twirl your mustache and put a black top hat on while you're at it?

Guess you don't object to the 'princess' part, then!

[notverylordly.livejournal.com]

Ugh no, I don't think it'd suit me at all.

All about image isn't it.

And I was planning to ignore it, unlike West I don't fly into a rage over such a weak insult. A stolen one at that.

Thought you were better than that

[soundof-drums.livejournal.com]

Oh, give the Major a break.

It's not easy being so ineffectual that you allowed all of your men to die.

Oops, shouldn't have spilled that.

[notverylordly.livejournal.com]

Ooh was that it.

And he seemed so offended when he found out I was a higher rank than him.

All of them? Thats just embarrassing

[soundof-drums.livejournal.com]

That's just the icing on a grant cake of failure.

[notverylordly.livejournal.com]

I don't for a second doubt that.

He's got to be compensating for some massive failure somewhere along the line, and here I thought he just wasnt getting any

Grand. GRAND CAKE, MASTER.

[soundof-drums.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're getting warmer!

Re: Grand. GRAND CAKE, MASTER.

[notverylordly.livejournal.com]

You really are going to make me play this ridiculous game arent you.

...so warmer with not getting any or warmer with his rank.

[soundof-drums.livejournal.com]

"Getting any," as you so charmingly put it.

[notverylordly.livejournal.com]

Well I know what he did in Venice if that has anything to do with it.

Oops. I wasnt supposed to talk about that.

I'd say we should have a drink and talk about him loudly behind his back but once a poisoner always a poisoner.

I always find a dart a much simpler way of doing it though

[soundof-drums.livejournal.com]

No. It had nothing to do with the good Major's ability to take somebody to bed.

Simplicity. How dull. How typically human.

[notverylordly.livejournal.com]

Then I was right...

False rank. Jaina did always complain about my going straight to Colonal but I did earn it at least.

Is he not a Major then? Wonderful.

And come on it was hardly simplistic. You ever had a psychotic redhead hellbent on seeing you dead before you hurt her precious son, She wasn't going to stop. So I stuck her with poison and watched her die.

You didn't stay to watch that Romana die did you. Something about their last seconds...when they know theres no hope of rescue.

Its a special time.

[soundof-drums.livejournal.com]

...no, you idiot; are you absolutely incapable of reading between the lines?

[notverylordly.livejournal.com]

Usually yes, besides a life like mine lines like that and subtlties, they get blurred. Plus you'd gotten me thinking about Mara.

[soundof-drums.livejournal.com]

Wonderful. I shall leave you to 'memory lane,' then.