Re: Lake - Janus/Atticus
"Out of Hell," he clarified. How did you end up here, instead of Hell? Wasn't bothered by the need to clarify. Would clarify. Was lazy. Had nowhere to go, nowhere to be. "Think you're bitter because of me, so me asking about the kid pushes buttons. Guessing I didn't take a lot of responsibility for things. Guessing you had to do a lot of clean up. Sounds like the kid was just another one of those things. Bitter about me, in general," continued. Was easy to draw the picture. Wasn't him that had done those things. Was, but wasn't.
Had never met Steve. Still knew the guy as his father's war hero, paired with a bunch of links Billy had provided. "OK. Me and Steve were. You're just altruistically checking on me. Nice guy." Grinned Atticus' familiar and lazy grin, the one that hid a mountain of stubbornness behind it. "You do seem to be. A nice guy. Sorry for fucking you over." Had no problem apologizing for things. Wasn't sure if that was the case in the future, but was certainly the case now.