Before now, but with that god killer showing up, the city moving, and recent events, I just didn't find the time.
[Another little sigh, this one definitely of resignation.] I should have, but I kept putting it off, trying to figure out how to handle it without bringing the gods and the Null down on all of us. I didn't mean to keep it from you, and for that, I'm sorry.
[There's a moment's pause as he collects himself, holding his own temper.]
We've both worked hard to get the Guard back to where it was, to earn people's trust and do what's right by them, no matter what. When I took on this job and said you had my honesty, I meant it. I didn't even tell Rey about Maketh's god killer, and I let you make the judgment call on what to do with it.
[Which, given how close he obviously is to Rey, says a lot about how much stock he puts into Henry's opinion. His own aggravation settles, his tone more subdued.]
I wanted to save you as much trouble as I could, keep the Guard out of this... and hell, maybe I knew that deep down, you wouldn't approve, and that if I made a mess, it'd be better if it was on my head alone. Maybe that's why I dragged my feet on telling you. It wasn't the right call.
[Henry's temper when truly stoked is a hard fire to quench. Once it dies out perhaps he'll reflect upon all that has been said, but right now he feels betrayed and in no mood to listen.
Nick made that choice.
What position does that leave him in? How can he implicitly trust Nick, knowing that Nick has wilfully kept him in the dark? He knows that unlike Maketh in the end, Nick had good intentions — but what does that even change?
When Nick told him of Maketh's godkiller, he explicitly said that he'd rather know the truth, that he tired of secrets.
He audibly grits his teeth. Low and furious, he only replies:]
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Before now, but with that god killer showing up, the city moving, and recent events, I just didn't find the time.
[Another little sigh, this one definitely of resignation.] I should have, but I kept putting it off, trying to figure out how to handle it without bringing the gods and the Null down on all of us. I didn't mean to keep it from you, and for that, I'm sorry.
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[It catches in his throat; he lets out a harsh breath, then another, before he finds his voice again.]
Even after Maketh, you could not afford me that much?!
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[There's a moment's pause as he collects himself, holding his own temper.]
We've both worked hard to get the Guard back to where it was, to earn people's trust and do what's right by them, no matter what. When I took on this job and said you had my honesty, I meant it. I didn't even tell Rey about Maketh's god killer, and I let you make the judgment call on what to do with it.
[Which, given how close he obviously is to Rey, says a lot about how much stock he puts into Henry's opinion. His own aggravation settles, his tone more subdued.]
I wanted to save you as much trouble as I could, keep the Guard out of this... and hell, maybe I knew that deep down, you wouldn't approve, and that if I made a mess, it'd be better if it was on my head alone. Maybe that's why I dragged my feet on telling you. It wasn't the right call.
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Nick made that choice.
What position does that leave him in? How can he implicitly trust Nick, knowing that Nick has wilfully kept him in the dark? He knows that unlike Maketh in the end, Nick had good intentions — but what does that even change?
When Nick told him of Maketh's godkiller, he explicitly said that he'd rather know the truth, that he tired of secrets.
He audibly grits his teeth. Low and furious, he only replies:]
Would you have told me had I not confronted you?!
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[That answer comes without hesitation.]
It was never a matter of if, Henry. It was when.
[But when should have been sooner rather than later, and he knows it.]
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I pray that Name proves worth it.
[It won't take long to find out if the network is any indication.
Henry doesn't give Nick the chance to respond, hanging up a second later.]