it's the end of the world as we know it and... (ifeelfine) wrote in immune_ic,
Gabe frowned. He knew, realistically, that nowhere was safe, but no one dared to say it. He tried to keep a positive attitude, usually – or at least a realistic one – but hearing it said, and by his brother who he hadn't seen for so many years? Well, that was rough. "I know," he said softly, his lips pressed together in a frown as he looked down at the floor.
Lukas went on to tell him what he already knew about and Gabriel sighed and nodded his agreement. "That and some other things anyway. Like cognitive thought and lack of desire to ingest our fellow-man," he joked, trying to lighten the mood again because the longer this conversation went on, the more furious Gabriel became with his brother. And having not seen him for so many years, frankly, the concept of fighting with him wasn't appealing in the slightest. "Still, for the sake of my sanity, I really do hope this gets easier for me. Like, I get more battle-hardened or something like that, because shit like this sucks."
Whatever headway Gabriel's anger had made in diminishing was completely destroyed when Lukas told him that it wasn't his job. "Oh? So I'm supposed to sit on my ass and do nothing when there's something I can do to help people? I'm not forced to do anything. I don't mind doing it, and I'm not going to stop," he insisted, shaking his head no. "I don't need to do anything, other than continue to do what I can to help. There's nothing you can do to stop me."
"I'm plenty trained. Damn it, Luke, I'm not the seventeen year old scrawny waif who left Texas anymore. I'm sorry but you're just going to have to accept that this is what I'm doing. Like it or not. Because you running around like god damned Rambo in the middle of this shit is no different than me running away and defending myself. You're not going to be hypocritical with me; I won't take it."
What am I supposed to do with that? He laughed bitterly. "Accept it. I'm no safer sitting on my ass in one of those "safe houses" you just proclaimed as not safe, Lukas. And damned if I'm going to do it. So you can either fight me on it and lose every time? Or just accept it and hate it quietly."