With Ruger’s head resting on his thigh, Owen continued scratching lazily behind the dog’s ears while Julianna spoke. He couldn't help the frown that crossed his face at the mention of Lanzo. It was common knowledge that the two often butted heads.
Owen’s lips pursed in an unsatisfied and unconvinced kind of way. “You know what I’ve noticed about people that age is that they are complacent and rigid individuals.”
He shifted his injured arm around. The aching told him it was time for another pain pill. He was already ready for their meeting to conclude but he didn’t want to admit it to Julianna.
“What does a four hundred year old man want with playing guard to a twenty-something girl? What does he know about modern security concerns?” Owen waved his hand at his own flimsy excuses and then changed his line of argument.
“Look I know this kind of guy. Very recent former naval black ops. Come on that was me. He will immediately bore of looking after some girly girl. That kind of man lives on thrill, danger, and excitement. Barlena has the discipline of a tried security professional who is used to the, well frankly, the drudgery that will be required in this post. Atlas won’t be temperamentally suited for it. Can you imagine if I was your guard back then?”
Owen didn’t know how aptly his comparison between himself and Atlas revealed his underlying concerns about the pairing. That a man like Atlas would pose a kind of threat to Celeste in the same way Owen had posed to Julianna once upon a time.
Owen’s lips pursed in an unsatisfied and unconvinced kind of way. “You know what I’ve noticed about people that age is that they are complacent and rigid individuals.”
He shifted his injured arm around. The aching told him it was time for another pain pill. He was already ready for their meeting to conclude but he didn’t want to admit it to Julianna.
“What does a four hundred year old man want with playing guard to a twenty-something girl? What does he know about modern security concerns?” Owen waved his hand at his own flimsy excuses and then changed his line of argument.
“Look I know this kind of guy. Very recent former naval black ops. Come on that was me. He will immediately bore of looking after some girly girl. That kind of man lives on thrill, danger, and excitement. Barlena has the discipline of a tried security professional who is used to the, well frankly, the drudgery that will be required in this post. Atlas won’t be temperamentally suited for it. Can you imagine if I was your guard back then?”
Owen didn’t know how aptly his comparison between himself and Atlas revealed his underlying concerns about the pairing. That a man like Atlas would pose a kind of threat to Celeste in the same way Owen had posed to Julianna once upon a time.
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