He huffed in irritation at the implication, not least because she wasn't even wrong. "Obviously it's not a standard managerial technique," he snapped. "I was running out of ways to interact with you that you wouldn't respond to by screaming insults at my mother and blowing shit up, so I got desperate. Next time, try using your words first."
That wasn't fair to her. He probably could have found a better way to handle the situation. But he'd been doing this job a long goddamn time, and he had never in his life met anyone belligerent enough to make him act like this.
Gareth refused to take full responsibility, in fact. He'd worked with a fire elemental who destroyed a literal entire city once, and he'd been easier to deal with. She didn't get to complain when she'd rejected every other attempt at an overture.
He paused as he considered her explanation. "Airborne vaccine?" he repeated. "Do you have a – what would it – how far along did you get?" He couldn't tell if she was just making something up, or if this was just some kind of whim she'd had with nothing to show for it but corpses.
That wasn't fair to her. He probably could have found a better way to handle the situation. But he'd been doing this job a long goddamn time, and he had never in his life met anyone belligerent enough to make him act like this.
Gareth refused to take full responsibility, in fact. He'd worked with a fire elemental who destroyed a literal entire city once, and he'd been easier to deal with. She didn't get to complain when she'd rejected every other attempt at an overture.
He paused as he considered her explanation. "Airborne vaccine?" he repeated. "Do you have a – what would it – how far along did you get?" He couldn't tell if she was just making something up, or if this was just some kind of whim she'd had with nothing to show for it but corpses.
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