You know it's stupid, Lupin. You cannot be that deluded.
You were used to him. Past tense. When you were a child, in a setting that was unchanging and familiar, before you had been through a war, before your deepest instincts grew hateful enough to try and kill him on sight in the middle of an alien landscape. What happens if a loud noise distracts you and you snap? What happens if you fall asleep and wake up forgetting where you are? It only takes a second. A heartbeat. You know this.
There is so little about this that can be controlled. Do not ask me to validate your desire of throwing another variable into the wind. I will never sign off on it. What do you want? For me to threaten not to help you? To ransom my aid? I can't do that and you're well bloody aware.
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You were used to him. Past tense. When you were a child, in a setting that was unchanging and familiar, before you had been through a war, before your deepest instincts grew hateful enough to try and kill him on sight in the middle of an alien landscape. What happens if a loud noise distracts you and you snap? What happens if you fall asleep and wake up forgetting where you are? It only takes a second. A heartbeat. You know this.
There is so little about this that can be controlled. Do not ask me to validate your desire of throwing another variable into the wind. I will never sign off on it. What do you want? For me to threaten not to help you? To ransom my aid? I can't do that and you're well bloody aware.