Kate reaches back with the hand still on the bed to rub it against his leg. "Be thanking Will for that, probably. I pretty much didn't give a fuck about anyone else until he and Magnus got to me." Which, isn't really true. It's just. Giving a fuck about anything but herself would've gotten her killed.
"Don't take this wrong but...you're kind of a predator. Like a vamp or like me. Violence is part of you and you hate that. I get it.
"My best friends at home..." She glances at the screen, hits pause, and keeps talking. "They're like both sides of that coin. Biggie, he's like...the gentle giant. He's Bigfoot. A Yeti. Big furry guy like 8 feet tall, not human, but the best person you'll ever meet. One time, he had to kill a man. It broke his heart. Took him months to really get right again and it stained him forever.
"Henry..." She's told people about Biggie but not Henry. It's weird, right, but because of what Imri is, trusting him's almost instinctive. "He's a HAP. Hyper-Accelerated Protean. In his case, a werewolf. He hated that part of him and wanted to get rid of it, so bad. It took him a long time, you know, to get okay with it and learn to control it. And me...I'm just..." Talking about herself is harder and she's not really sure he cares. So she just shrugs. "Like I said.
"To me, there's nothing wrong with who you are and how you are. I'm used to it. Used to helping different kinds of people deal with it." She frowns and rolls half up to her side. "You get what I'm saying, right? I'm not trying to make out like the shit that happened to you isn't a big deal. Just saying accepting it and stuff, that's...kind of what I've been doing since I started trying to be--" Not a white hat, not likely ever. "Better."
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"Don't take this wrong but...you're kind of a predator. Like a vamp or like me. Violence is part of you and you hate that. I get it.
"My best friends at home..." She glances at the screen, hits pause, and keeps talking. "They're like both sides of that coin. Biggie, he's like...the gentle giant. He's Bigfoot. A Yeti. Big furry guy like 8 feet tall, not human, but the best person you'll ever meet. One time, he had to kill a man. It broke his heart. Took him months to really get right again and it stained him forever.
"Henry..." She's told people about Biggie but not Henry. It's weird, right, but because of what Imri is, trusting him's almost instinctive. "He's a HAP. Hyper-Accelerated Protean. In his case, a werewolf. He hated that part of him and wanted to get rid of it, so bad. It took him a long time, you know, to get okay with it and learn to control it. And me...I'm just..." Talking about herself is harder and she's not really sure he cares. So she just shrugs. "Like I said.
"To me, there's nothing wrong with who you are and how you are. I'm used to it. Used to helping different kinds of people deal with it." She frowns and rolls half up to her side. "You get what I'm saying, right? I'm not trying to make out like the shit that happened to you isn't a big deal. Just saying accepting it and stuff, that's...kind of what I've been doing since I started trying to be--" Not a white hat, not likely ever. "Better."