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013 + WE ARE ALL THE WORK OF YOUR HAND

I wonder if the Admiral has ever chosen a warden or inmate incorrectly. Has there ever been a warden who was unkind and vicious? I'm well-aware that someone can be a good person while being unfriendly at some points, or narrow-minded, but I wonder. Likewise, has their ever been an inmate that was righteous and good?

And that inmates return as wardens... I wonder if all inmates upon graduation become this good. Is is capable for an inmate to graduate but not be permitted to warden after? Surely, there can be steps between a redeemed inmate and someone capable of being a warden.

As a side note, I'd like to politely request that all nonhumans, notably vampires, be treated in accordance with their actions and not their species.

Dracula, I haven't seen you in the greenhouse lately. Are you all right?

Buffy, how are you feeling?

[LOCKED to LUA]

I'd like to discuss something with you.

[LOCKED to MCCOY]

If we could speak regarding my inmate.

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I was thinking about what he needed.

[ She didn't feel like she needed to talk to Castiel, not when she knows who Richie really listens to when it comes down to it. ]

In the future, you should discuss such actions with me.

I have to look out for him, nothing else I could have done. [ She's not apologizing for this one. Cas wouldn't have understood it no matter what she tried to tell him. ]

In the future, you should discuss such actions with me, as Richie is my responsibility per the rules of the barge. If not, I will take measures to make sure I know about such actions through my own power, which I am more than capable of.

Is this understood?

Edited 2012-05-28 23:43 (UTC)

If you watch him. [ She's done more for him than Cas and Will both ever did. Authority and rules doesn't matter, but who does the doing. ]

I will allow no harm to come of him.

He needs more than that.

[He's staring to get a little irritated now.]

If you don't think I'm a decent warden, say it to my face. If you have concerns or issues with my handling of this matter, I'd be interested in your concerns so that I may improve for both myself and Richie. You going behind my back and offering me these passive-aggressive half-suggestions about my behavior isn't helpful on any level.

Edited 2012-05-29 00:05 (UTC)

[ Fine then. ]

You really could handle him, you'd have figured it out and done it months ago. All I can do is make him think something's a good idea, and I didn't have any kind of shot at it until he saw something was wrong. You guys are supposed to figure that out first, right?

I would have never thought of a chemical solution; it's simply not something that would have occurred to me. That doesn't mean it's not a good idea, or that for some absurd reason I wouldn't have approved of it had you brought it up to me. That being said, I imagine if that was all that was necessary to improve him, he would have graduate already. I understand that he is ill, and I am doing my best in my way to help him conquer that illness. There is never only one solution to any problem.

Edited 2012-05-29 00:26 (UTC)

I know it's not the only thing. But you got to get him hearing people right before he'll really listen. Doesn't matter how you do it, but nobody did it.

[ Now she's less angry at him, but more desperate. Nobody gets it. ]

I'm trying my hardest, and I want to hear every bit of input you have on the matter, because I want him to be better as much as you do.

I got that, but... what were you before you came here? [ Be real with her, Cas. ]

I was a guardian. And a watcher. And a fake God. And not very good at any of them.

You spend a lot of time with people? With them, not watching them.

More than I used to.

You got to know how people work if you're going to do something like this, you want to get in anyone's head. [ She's not accusing him of anything now, it probably wasn't called for earlier and she feels guilty already. ]

I'm trying my hardest. Help would be appreciated - humans are such strange creatures. I don't understand them, sometimes.

What you think you're missing?

For people who are right, or for Richie?

Either.

Culture is difficult. Turns of phrases, metaphors. I speak every language including every language that has ever died, but I don't understand idioms. Richie is easier to understand.

You only get it if you're in the middle of it. You pick it up, or you die.

...think the two of you got that in common.

Yes, I suppose.

That might be good for him.

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