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[ continued from here ]

where should i start

kidnapping, forcing changes upon people. some like the changes, certainly but thats not much of a reassurance when we get no say in the matter

fog followers regularly kill in her name. we were once inclined to hunt one another and though it didnt go as poorly as it could have, it certainly wasnt ideal

parts of the peninsula were blocked off because of fog based corruption. an attempt to cure some of it caused widespread injury to quite a few people

so much of the awfulness ive lived through here is at least partially because of her

[ and then there's the stuff that he attributes to her just because he's definitely Not Fond... ]

[He doesn't respond for several minutes.]

I'm sorry. I didn't know the full extent.

It's difficult to know how to explain. I don't want to hurt you, and I don't want to be taken in if She really is all that you think. But talking to Her has been the only time since I arrived that I felt even remotely like I could find a place in this world. I don't know how to live a Muggle life, and I don't know how to make new friends in this place, and I don't know what I am without the Family.

Not that you aren't family. But it's different. Do you understand?

I don't know how to explain it. This feels like the only thing I can do. Can we talk about this in person?

i understand. at least partially.

i also understand that you told me family comes first

[ and goddamn, is he ever hurt. ]

im willing to entertain a conversation yes

[There it is. There's the crux of the matter, the thing he's been trying desperately to deny since Draco first commented on his decision: that this hurts Draco, for whatever reason, and Draco is family.]

[Worse: Draco is the only family Regulus has left.]

Family does come first. I said that and I meant it.

If it means that much to you, if it really does hurt you for me to be involved, then I will reconsider. I

Will you hear me out, and see whether there is a way this can work for us both? If not, then I promise you, on the Black name, I will walk away from Her. I have to try to find a solution, though, Draco. Truthfully? I don't know how to live like this.

[ as angry and hurt as he is, he doesn't think that forcing Regulus to bend to his will is going to help. He remembers too well the rift between himself and his father over the Fourth. He remembers the rift over Robbie. He remembers only just talking to his father a few more, strained times before his disappearance.

[ he's not going to fuck this up again. ]

ill hear you out. im

im not happy about it but im willing to see if theres some middle ground we can find

i dont know if any of us truly know how to live like this

After work on Monday, maybe? We can sit down and discuss it. See what our options are.

There has to be a way through this, Draco. Maybe together we can find it.

all right. after work on monday once weve closed up. my time is yours

i hope we can

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