I think you and me have vastly different definitions of the word safe. Standing next to Miles is a one way ticket to becoming collateral damage -- believe me, I know from experience. ( he got kidnapped. twice! ) Maybe, but no one at home is going to let him forget it. We grew up together, you know, and all his life he's been set on proving that not only can he do everything anyone else can, but he can do it better in half as much time. ( ivan has not forgotten about their lightflyer challenge through the dendarii gorge, where they turned the lights off and flew it with the various safeties off until ivan realized halfway through one of them that miles was doing it with his eyes closed. they hadn't done it since then, thank god, because ivan isn't frigging suicidal. ) It's a good thing that he can or otherwise it'd end with him dead years ago.
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I think you and me have vastly different definitions of the word safe. Standing next to Miles is a one way ticket to becoming collateral damage -- believe me, I know from experience. ( he got kidnapped. twice! ) Maybe, but no one at home is going to let him forget it. We grew up together, you know, and all his life he's been set on proving that not only can he do everything anyone else can, but he can do it better in half as much time. ( ivan has not forgotten about their lightflyer challenge through the dendarii gorge, where they turned the lights off and flew it with the various safeties off until ivan realized halfway through one of them that miles was doing it with his eyes closed. they hadn't done it since then, thank god, because ivan isn't frigging suicidal. ) It's a good thing that he can or otherwise it'd end with him dead years ago.
( ivan shrugs. )
But he's family.