[Talk about raw and unpleasant. He makes a face that he doesn't quite catch in time to stop, but forces it even in just a beat afterwards anyway. By now, he mostly understood that Chloe had grown -- not just from interactions at home, but here as well. He had done enough reading backwards in both her little Christmas gift and on his own to know all of that.
It didn't make the strange second-place feeling go away. That feeling of not being good enough. She had gone with Flynn and it had nearly killed him before his arrival when just before they had talked about running off together. Now she had run off with Charlie instead.
Well, it had been a nice thought, once. But that was all it ever was.
The grin comes back with less teeth.]
Nah. You know me -- I like to keep my murders quiet and out of my social circle.
[If anyone deserved Chloe's more pleasant company, it was Charlie.]
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It didn't make the strange second-place feeling go away. That feeling of not being good enough. She had gone with Flynn and it had nearly killed him before his arrival when just before they had talked about running off together. Now she had run off with Charlie instead.
Well, it had been a nice thought, once. But that was all it ever was.
The grin comes back with less teeth.]
Nah. You know me -- I like to keep my murders quiet and out of my social circle.
[If anyone deserved Chloe's more pleasant company, it was Charlie.]