#mccullough

When Josef stayed in Ishida and the McCulloughs went to Anemoi, he was sure that he had gained the liberty to carve out a new life. Without his late wife, but with freedom.

He had not become someone new in that time, but life no longer had the same weight. He could focus on himself and his work and he had made some very important discoveries in that time as well.

Josef immediately became a distraction…

He had complicated feelings around Josef - He was a man of God. The Lord channeled his will through Josef and Josef promised heaven for following his will.

He liked Josef, he thought he had a certain charm. He couldn't quite describe what charm and he didn't know why he felt the way he did, but Seane felt a certain loyalty…

He had to be loyal.

He felt a metaphorical leash clip to his imaginary collar when Josef and company appeared in Aeraki.

Josef knew every single thing about him, from his sins, to his secrets, to his traumas.

He knew him through confessions, the bodies of their shared victims and through submitting his mind to Josef’s hand.

He didn't like to think about what he may have seen in his head. It hurt to think about it and he hated the fact that anyone besides Felix and Oliver knew the more sensitive and private parts of his life

He could ruin him for his crimes.

He could have him put down viciously.

Father Josef did not shy away from reminding him what power he held when he found out that Seane had not been a model Midonian man. Seane had not come to kneel at his feet the day Josef arrived… Josef came to him with a warm hostility and he told him he ought to start behaving. He at least whispered a praise for already slipping into the young prince’s mind and beginning to scratch away natural mental barriers.

Eventually Josef found out about Pierre… It was only a matter of time. Josef always found out about these sorts of things one way or another.

He didn’t need to search someone's mind, nor force the information out through threats, no, he had seen them.

He saw the kind of smile Pierre gave Seane and saw the kiss that Seane placed on the younger man's knuckles when he did not realize the priest was lurking at the door.