013 + WE ARE ALL THE WORK OF YOUR HAND

[trenchcoatedly]

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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private

[surrenders]

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. ]

Re: private

[trenchcoatedly]

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

private

[surrenders]

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. ]

Re: private

[trenchcoatedly]

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?

private

[surrenders]

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. ]

Re: private

[trenchcoatedly]

I will allow no harm to come of him.

private

[surrenders]

He needs more than that.

Re: private

[trenchcoatedly]

[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.

private

[surrenders]

[ 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?

Re: private

[trenchcoatedly]

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.

private

[surrenders]

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. ]

Re: private

[trenchcoatedly]

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.

private

[surrenders]

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

Re: private

[trenchcoatedly]

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

private

[surrenders]

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

Re: private

[trenchcoatedly]

More than I used to.

Re: private

[surrenders]

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. ]

Re: private

[trenchcoatedly]

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

private

[surrenders]

What you think you're missing?

Re: private

[trenchcoatedly]

For people who are right, or for Richie?

private

[surrenders]

Either.

Re: private

[trenchcoatedly]

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.

private

[surrenders]

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.

Re: private

[trenchcoatedly]

Yes, I suppose.

private

[surrenders]

That might be good for him.