002. and his shoes were pointy-toed. // open post.

[iamvice]

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[iamvice]

Not surprising. She still runs the show for them.

[It sounds harsher, though, than it actually is.

Jessie's not about to clarify, though.]

[larue]

[ A lift of the brow, at that.

He doesn't know Inquisitor Zobel de Ayala very well, has only met her once, that one time. Whether that statement is true or not, he doesn't have enough information to make an accurate enough assessment, but Kaz, from what he can see, is a well-adjusted kid who turns to his grandmother for support and guidance. ]

Maybe that's just her way. [ If Kaz was different, then he'd worry. ] Kaz adores her, but he's old enough to make his own decisions and his own mistakes -- and from what I've seen, she lets him.

[iamvice]

Yep. She'd be the good one, together with her wife, her husband, and her son.

[He has no opinion on the other children, but heard enough to feel assured that once Neeka DOES let go, things are probably going to be fine? That is relevant to his interests, of course.]

Neeka's come a long way. She may not be out there the way some of her other blade mates are, but everyone forgets that you don't HAVE to be out there in order to get shit done.

[larue]

[ It's a true enough statement, and one that he can agree on. ]

Well, sir. There's always more than one battlefield. Better to pick where you're best needed, I suppose.

[iamvice]

Especially if you're not good enough to be good at them all.

[Arrogant? Yes, and he has a damned good reason to be. He's the Malice King that isn't a god, but might as well be one. And everyone knows it.]

[larue]

[ And this is a look of amused ...okay.

It's not anything bad. Truth be told, hearing Jessie say that, it doesn't strike him as arrogant in the least. Especially since he's seen what the man has done.

Vice isn't at the forefront of every market they've targeted out of sheer dumb luck. ]

[iamvice]

[Smirking now, because he likes it when he meets somebody that sees him for what he is, and knows how to pass judgment properly. Too many people are too stupid, too easily caught up in their emotions, their petty concerns.]

Anyway. Rhiannon will be interesting for you. Good luck for when you do make it with them.

[Since he is sure that you will.]

[larue]

Thank you, sir. [ He is really, really humbled by that. Because Jessiah Vice said 'when' not 'if'. ]

I'll do my very best.