[Bluntly. Probably he should feel worse about this. He has been learning, on the barge, to be less callous, less careless. But he has also been learning to be more honest with himself. And the truth is: he is also ruthless.
He shrugs one shoulder, and it is not actually dismissive. It is - acceptance, and a certain acknowledgement of how dubiously moral it - he - is. There's a coolness to it, not cold, but a little bit withdrawn into himself. It's one more thing Scott might not accept, and Dillon would understand, if that were the case. Even appreciate it, in some ways. But he doesn't assume.]
Yeah?
[Not quite neutral; hopeful, mild. An easy out, not to confirm it.]
[Private]
[Bluntly. Probably he should feel worse about this. He has been learning, on the barge, to be less callous, less careless. But he has also been learning to be more honest with himself. And the truth is: he is also ruthless.
He shrugs one shoulder, and it is not actually dismissive. It is - acceptance, and a certain acknowledgement of how dubiously moral it - he - is. There's a coolness to it, not cold, but a little bit withdrawn into himself. It's one more thing Scott might not accept, and Dillon would understand, if that were the case. Even appreciate it, in some ways. But he doesn't assume.]
Yeah?
[Not quite neutral; hopeful, mild. An easy out, not to confirm it.]