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Cornelius Hickey ([personal profile] spotsalone) wrote2025-04-11 07:04 pm
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[personal profile] royalmarine 2025-10-05 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There's a lot to parse in that response. Of course, Angelo says, and says so quickly. And his tone... Is he defensive or possessive? Tozer isn't quite sure what to make of it, so as per usual, he files it all away to sort through later. This may even be worth asking Hickey about directly. ]

I didn't have a choice to be here. None of us marines did.

[ It feels important to make sure Angelo knows this. He's not eager to dwell on it, though. Tozer nods in return, and then picks up the makeshift bag of hay to toss up to the orlop.

But he pauses again, jaw working as he considers something. ]


You've got it wrong, by the way. I don't dislike you.

[ Tozer isn't going to dwell on that, either. Instead, he hauls himself up the ladder so that Angelo can start passing him crates. There's work that needs doing. ]
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[personal profile] cleansheets 2025-10-05 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Of all the things Tozer could have said... Angelo pauses in his movements for a moment, instead looking up to fix the man with a measuring stare. He does not come away looking too impressed. ]

Is that so.

[ It's not a question, not really, just a flat acknowledgement that he's heard what Tozer said. Angelo finds the content too hard to believe. He is easy to dislike. It's something he's been aware of for a long time, and consciously made his armor. At the castle, that armor turned against him. Here it seems to serve no purpose one way or another, it just lingers between himself and the crew. Angelo doesn't mind. He has no desire to form bonds.

So he just grabs the crate of traitorous soap, and gets to work. ]