#not!uldren

Me to Glint:

"There's my other favorite birdie. Have you and Crow gotten reacquainted?"

"Shut the hell up. You make me fucking sick."

"Ahp, language. When did you get a mouth, hm?"

"When you put a bloody bomb inside a Ghost!"

"Come now, Talyn... I thought you of all people would enjoy this."

"Excuse me!?"

"How forgetful. It was only a few years ago you came stomping into this very room demanding someone's head on a platter. Our little... Arrangement is so satisfyingly ironic, don't you think?"

"You're mistaken. I've put up with plenty from you, but I'm not about to sit here and watch you keep a Guardian as a slave."

"The alternative, then? Back to your Tower, where people are lining up to put another bullet in our mutual friend? Not everyone is so forgiving as you, little Light..."

"I... They'll understand. When they see me with him, they'll..."

She falls silent, and the Spider laughs. "What was that? I couldn't quite hear you."

"Say another word and I'll-!"

"Make a terrible mistake, right in front of all my friends. But I shouldn't be surprised... You've always been good at killing the wrong men, haven't you?"

"..."

Making a contented chitter, the Spider leans back in his chair. "I'm glad we understand each other, Talyn. You'll see to it our mutual enemy is taken care of?"

"...yes."

"That's a good girl. Now, you understand I'm quite busy... Why don't you run along and play with the other birds?"

"Success hits different when nobody (but your ghost) believed in you"

"Why not both?"