[They'd make a show of being affronted that he would suggest as such, but underneath it all - ]
[They don't let things fragment. Not by nature. Not by necessity. It only ever ends poorly when they do. A vulnerability for one to take advantage of. A chink in the armor through which the appropriate force may be levered.]
[So they don't.] [They don't dare.] [So for once, there are no theatrics. Just a smile, small and almost wry - far from the wide, cutting thing they so favor.]
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[They'd make a show of being affronted that he would suggest as such, but underneath it all - ]
[They don't let things fragment. Not by nature. Not by necessity. It only ever ends poorly when they do. A vulnerability for one to take advantage of. A chink in the armor through which the appropriate force may be levered.]
[So they don't.]
[They don't dare.]
[So for once, there are no theatrics. Just a smile, small and almost wry - far from the wide, cutting thing they so favor.]
[They're tired, Shiro.]