Dorian | Steve (616)
I appreciate your perspective on the matter. It says a lot about the situation at hand, especially considering what sounded like a blessing to follow through with my gut reaction to this ordeal. Personally, though I'm not sure how, that outcome is one I would rather avoid. I'm angry at him, furious even, but now's not the time or the place to go losing that kind of composure.
The world we share Dorian, it will always try and test us even without magic and inconsistency. It's the nature of the world and it's people, or those who seem unwilling to work towards the balance of peace at any rate, and it's the job of those who would see the world be better stand up and say "No more". It's that mentality that so often puts me at odds with Tony, as I find his willingness to take shortcuts and make decisions about what is right for others to be offensive on the level of principle. I'm sure this is compounded by the fact that there have been considerable stretches of my life where I have considered Tony to be like a Brother which only makes the knife in my back hurt that much worse.
I want to thank you for taking the time to open this dialogue with me Dorian. I trust it can't be easy for you either, and I'm sure talking Tony out of whatever his gut reaction was to my arrival was less than pleasant for you. I feel like I should apologize for that, even though I know it was well outside the events of my control. I hope, in time, we can become friends.
And...thank you, for your sympathies about Sharon. She seems happy, and that is comfort enough for me.