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[Anyone who's familiar with Crane will recognize his compulsive need to study fear. But what's the curious thing, here? His approach. His voice is as soft and calm as it had been upon his arrival. It gives an impression of frailty that's deliberately misleading. There was nothing about him that sounded like the Scarecrow. And that's the frightening thing.]

Machiavelli once said, "And here comes in the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both; but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved."

I put his question to you all; is it better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved?

[He likes the idea of letting the piddling powers in this place believe he's behaving himself; listening to that silly therapist he'd encountered recently. Maybe his audience all be dishonest in their answers. Frightened. Scared. He indulges in a smile. He will have to confirm all of their opinions with an experiment, of course.]

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[Oh it's on now.]

The hell are you talking about, old man?

Last thing -I- am is lonely.

What, angry cause you can't make friends when you drop the soap?

Edited 2015-11-09 01:21 (UTC)

You're using a traumatic event as color for your angry teenage sentiment? I'm disappointed. Oh, where on earth is Kitty Jones to fight for justice when you need her?

Bite me. Like you're one to talk about trauma.

I am, actually. I'm a doctor.

[And know what he's the master of.]

And people wonder why I don't fuckin' go to hospitals...

[He's not THAT kind of doctor, Kaneda.]

So the Swear-in was just the Hippocratic Oath at work?

[Technically, Arkham is a hospital? A psychiatric hospital but yes.]

Not at all. The Hippocratic Oath isn't legally binding, you know. It's traditional.

[Spoken like he's talking to a child.]

[You know, that explains a lot of shit back home... But behind the feed those eyes flash dangerously, especially at that tone.]

Yeah, not fucking with your patients can really be a drag.

Only if your mind is weak enough to cave in and accept it.

[Shrug?]

Shit's gonna come back to get you, old man. It always does with your type.

I watched it happen.

Been there, done that.

Try threatening me with something else, child.

[He's been shot at point-blank range with his own toxin, you know. One doesn't get worse than that, don't you think?]

[Depends, the scientists back home got caught up in the creation of a universe. You know...like ya do every Thursday.]

Screw you.

Think you've seen the worst? See how long that attitude of yours lasts in this place.

[Because really, there's no place for him outside bars, and he can't stay there forever...]

[And doesn't he know it? Of course he does! And now he's reminding you all of that.]

It's lasted quite well so far, speaking honestly.

[WHY ARE YOU THE WAY THAT YOU ARE!!]

Gotta end sometime, old man.

You messed up my friend, and like hell I'll let you get away with it.

[Some people would blame his upbringing. Others would say that's no excuse and that made his choice. He would decry the former and become frustrated with the latter He is the way he is because that's God's plan, that's what Lucifer says.]

No you won't. But, well, I believe you'll have to get in line and wait.

Edited 2015-11-13 01:10 (UTC)

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