It'd have to be, wouldn't it? Only thing that's changed so many of us recently - wouldn't be surprising if it were more ways than one. [It's that or a god trying to leave that impression - and, well, neither of them are anywhere near that subtle. Not that Stocke's seen.]
[Even if both of them would have reason - the Fourth to call for reliance on only him, the Fog to have people avoid future attempts...]
[It'd have backfired, wouldn't it? There's something of addiction about this cure - the Hyde can feel his fingers shake when a dose fades to half, chills and an ache, something that'd pull on his monstrous self as much as his human one. And the Hydes - they want to live. They'll take more cure whether they'd normally resist or not.]
[Stocke's smile widens to a smirk; both eyes open again, now, he trails closer. Yeah, that's getting closer to the kind of response he was hoping to get.] Can't say a shade's advantages wouldn't be useful, but I've all my memories. Still all there, boss.
[For all that now he's the one invading Greed's space, the flip of their usual - and fearless-close to demon's fire, 'Yeah, boss, take a look,' - he doesn't reach for the glass chime inside his bag.]
[He could, and maybe - yeah, maybe later. He can feel that itch to share. But he likes Greed as the demon is, for now, and there's no harm in being a bit more... directed. Selective, while there's still so many monsters unaffected.]
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[Even if both of them would have reason - the Fourth to call for reliance on only him, the Fog to have people avoid future attempts...]
[It'd have backfired, wouldn't it? There's something of addiction about this cure - the Hyde can feel his fingers shake when a dose fades to half, chills and an ache, something that'd pull on his monstrous self as much as his human one. And the Hydes - they want to live. They'll take more cure whether they'd normally resist or not.]
[Stocke's smile widens to a smirk; both eyes open again, now, he trails closer. Yeah, that's getting closer to the kind of response he was hoping to get.] Can't say a shade's advantages wouldn't be useful, but I've all my memories. Still all there, boss.
[For all that now he's the one invading Greed's space, the flip of their usual - and fearless-close to demon's fire, 'Yeah, boss, take a look,' - he doesn't reach for the glass chime inside his bag.]
[He could, and maybe - yeah, maybe later. He can feel that itch to share. But he likes Greed as the demon is, for now, and there's no harm in being a bit more... directed. Selective, while there's still so many monsters unaffected.]