[ He did that specifically to mock the Freelancers and their militant insistence on codenames, like it put distance between them and the shit they did. Like that made it dignified, somehow. And it's probably best that they're not doing this in person because the way he laughs, right out in the dead quiet of his room, that's probably telling. That's probably a line too far.
Not that it matters. No one's asked him about the name. Only a few people even know around here. Why spread that shit around, where it loses its impact and only ever makes him look insane? He figures it ought to be obvious anyway, with his wreck of a face. What's left to explain? ]
everybody's got code names these days like there's some fucking dignity in it. i know what i am.
[ Or he ought to. He's trying on his old name now. Not Terrence - definitely not Terry, the name he went by when he was young and stupid and before he'd ever shot a gun - but something. Time will tell whether it sticks. Right now, it fits awkwardly. He's trying to be a person and sometimes - a lot of the time - it feels like it doesn't quite work. ]
bountiful generosity. wow. you really are drunk. that's fun. next time i'll get you in the spine.
[ It's more idle talk than actual threat. This, strangely, feels like one of the few normal things he's done recently. He wonders what that says about him. ]
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Not that it matters. No one's asked him about the name. Only a few people even know around here. Why spread that shit around, where it loses its impact and only ever makes him look insane? He figures it ought to be obvious anyway, with his wreck of a face. What's left to explain? ]
everybody's got code names these days like there's some fucking dignity in it. i know what i am.
[ Or he ought to. He's trying on his old name now. Not Terrence - definitely not Terry, the name he went by when he was young and stupid and before he'd ever shot a gun - but something. Time will tell whether it sticks. Right now, it fits awkwardly. He's trying to be a person and sometimes - a lot of the time - it feels like it doesn't quite work. ]
bountiful generosity. wow. you really are drunk. that's fun. next time i'll get you in the spine.
[ It's more idle talk than actual threat. This, strangely, feels like one of the few normal things he's done recently. He wonders what that says about him. ]