[Ema tenses automatically when he references the night Joe Darke came after her. When she speaks, her voice is pure ice.] Was that necessary? I didn't tell him. I'm not going to tell him.
[With a few deep breaths, she forces herself to relax. Schuldig's next question requires a bit of consideration. As a completely separate entity from Keane, Schuldig is... well, a monster. A monster that's becoming uncomfortably human, in Ema's perception, but a monster nonetheless. He's a danger to just about everyone here. And Edward has a point in saying that Schuldig could afford to be taken down a few pegs... although she doesn't dare dwell on that thought long, remembering the reaction she got out of him the last time she tried to do exactly that.
And yet, she's seen Schuldig slowly begin to unravel. And she's seen a side of Schuldig that makes them both uncomfortable, the almost-human part of the Mastermind. And the idea of vigilante murder makes her incredibly uncomfortable, regardless of the circumstances or the target. It doesn't matter that Schuldig will be back immediately after. It doesn't matter that, on some level, Schuldig might deserve it. It doesn't even matter what Edward's motives even are. It's the principle of the thing.
And, to her, principles still matter.]
I want him to change his mind and not go through with whatever he's planning.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2011-04-25 05:00 am (UTC)[With a few deep breaths, she forces herself to relax. Schuldig's next question requires a bit of consideration. As a completely separate entity from Keane, Schuldig is... well, a monster. A monster that's becoming uncomfortably human, in Ema's perception, but a monster nonetheless. He's a danger to just about everyone here. And Edward has a point in saying that Schuldig could afford to be taken down a few pegs... although she doesn't dare dwell on that thought long, remembering the reaction she got out of him the last time she tried to do exactly that.
And yet, she's seen Schuldig slowly begin to unravel. And she's seen a side of Schuldig that makes them both uncomfortable, the almost-human part of the Mastermind. And the idea of vigilante murder makes her incredibly uncomfortable, regardless of the circumstances or the target. It doesn't matter that Schuldig will be back immediately after. It doesn't matter that, on some level, Schuldig might deserve it. It doesn't even matter what Edward's motives even are. It's the principle of the thing.
And, to her, principles still matter.]
I want him to change his mind and not go through with whatever he's planning.