INTRUDE.

It is ridiculous.

"It's the new millennium. Not everyone living here has the luxury of an apolitical life, Snake.

Look at me, look at where I am. I might be reprehensible, but I have a chance to do something here --- right here, in the crux of what's about to come."

He's her brother, and the youngest man ever to take office all at once. Sometimes it's obvious that there's something downright irrepressible still bubbling up inside him --- and desperate.

"We're talking civil rights, democracy - look around you and imagine it replaced with a sanitized version of reality by people who decided you were too unpredictable to know anything about war, civil unrest - slavery.

"No such thing," she says at length. Even her seclusion in Alaska hadn't been apolitical, much as she'd wanted it to be. There had been a time when she'd been so interested in all of this... now she has to work to stimulate that part of herself, like her fundamental curiosity towards the world has atrophied and needs to be dragged onto the treadmill. You still care, she tells herself furiously, and even in her mind the words are forced. Fuck recovery, for being so damn difficult. Fuck it, and fuck America, too.

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a hug that isn’t returned

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"You don't seem too phased by the fact that America has an entire shadow government dedicated to making free speech a myth.

... I guess it's hardly a surprise once you've been around government types enough."

He watches her, impassive, waiting for the blast that doesn't come. He's been on the receiving end of dagger eyes before. Every time he wonders when they'll take the bait. He wonders when they'll strike, thinking he's bound to fall and collapse in on himself at their display of aggression. She doesn't. He's glad for that. Hal's never been able to trust or forgive the ones that do bite.

"Talk to someone about what? Whiskey preferences? I'd call Miller." She tugs her shirt back on over her vest top, buttoning it up with practised movements. The shakes haven't gotten to her yet, and she could do this in her sleep. Big Boss had loved to drag her outside at the crack of dawn to train, and he had expected her to be in uniform; but if he'd found her sleeping in it, he'd thrashed her. There were sleeping clothes and there were field clothes, and so long as she was in FOXHOUND base, she'd mind the difference. On a mission, she could do whatever she wanted.

Criminal Sentences, Vol. 35

(Sentences from various sources for criminals and/or dangerous muses. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Life is short. It's shorter for some than others."

"I won't kill you. However, I will hurt you."

"When I look you in the eyes, all I see is this dark, mean, unstable man."

"You now owe me two favours."

"Everyone has a use, even if it's far from what they imagined."

"This is what you're doing with your skills?"

"So tell me, how long have you been killing people for a living?"

"Bastards taught me everything I know."

"Do you want me to beg?"

"I'd rather be shot in the face than in the back."

"You know, you're far more ruthless than I could ever be. In fact, I think you're the most dangerous man I've ever met."

"You're not using everyone to further another end, are you?"

"You thought it was bad when I owned you, but who owns you now?"

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but having bad thoughts about somebody isn't illegal."

"Do you know what I crave?"

"The language of most stalking laws is vague. I like to think of myself as more of a guardian angel."

"I've never been one to back down from a fight."

"I want you to remember that from this moment on, you have your life only because I allow it."

"You don't get to stay handsome in this business for too long."

"You like to fight, don't you?"

"Do you know why all the good souls of this world rage against power? Because they simply don't know what it is."

"You said you were innocent! You lied to me!"

"I won't hurt you. Probably."

"My dad has a hit out on me. A paid for one. £10,000."

"Why would I try to hurt you? I like you!"

"It's not like there's a borderline between the good people and the bad people. You're not on one side or the other."

"Are you the kind of man who holds a grudge?"

"I'm sorry for trying to kill you."

"A revolver? Really? Do you honestly think six bullets is enough to come at me?"

"I can see why someone stabbed you."

"Sometimes I wonder if my hands will ever be clean."

"I'm not just an animal that you can let loose on someone."