Because the unrest will grow. How long do you think we'll be permitted to stay? How much hostility could you imagine rising up to meet us? [This isn't concern on his part, but it is a necessary protection: they'll fare better in a pack.] Go. I do not want your company.
[Idealistic fool. Flawed, stubborn, short-sighted beyond reason. Were their lives not bound together he would let the universe itself cull him as it so often did to the unworthy.] Or would you prefer I let the next pack of baser criminals tear you limb from limb?
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I'm weary of catering to your frailty.
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Don't blame me that you don't think before you lash out.
[ Ignoring that Ren's actions saved him. He still went too far, Steve's not budging on that.
He doesn't disagree about them needing to not be in each other's company, though. ]
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[Idealistic fool. Flawed, stubborn, short-sighted beyond reason. Were their lives not bound together he would let the universe itself cull him as it so often did to the unworthy.] Or would you prefer I let the next pack of baser criminals tear you limb from limb?
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Your way isn't the only way. [ It's like what he spoke to Ilde, only there's no attempt to see it from Ren's point of view. ] I don't need your help.
[ At that he tries to close the connection as much as he can. The effect is like trying to close a door with a stopper in the way. ]
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