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[homosexuals]

This has nothing to do with accolades. It's the only way I can keep you safe, don't you get that, Skippy? And maybe you don't like that it isn't mutual, but it's not a risk I'm willing to take.

[he's got to give him something to hang onto. shit.]

I'm bulletproof, remember? I got interrogated my M-Unit on Christmas and came out the other side without a scratch.

[holyposition]

Don't you get that letting me wander around blind isn't keeping me safe?

What does that have to do with this?

[homosexuals]

You're not wandering around blind. You really think I'm not keeping tabs on you?

Nevermind. Forget it.

[holyposition]

Stalking me.

[homosexuals]

Looking out for you.

[holyposition]

I don't feel any safer.

[homosexuals]

You'd feel it even less if you knew what was out there.

I'm not gonna go around with you in circles, okay? I made my choice, and whether you want to believe it or not - it's for the best.

[holyposition]

Yeah. You did.

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[homosexuals]

Tim - that Danny kid.

Stay away from him.

[holyposition]

You're getting jealous over random people on the network now?

[homosexuals]

It's not jealousy, for a change.

He's blackmailing someone.

[holyposition]

You think everything is gonna end up as blackmail

[homosexuals]

Threatening exposure over compromising photos. Stalking them around for shits and grins. Sounds pretty textbook to me.

[holyposition]

Exposure to who?

You're keeping tabs on me, or you wouldn't know that I'm talking to him. How is that different?

[homosexuals]

The rest of the house. People with reputations to uphold.

This isn't a fucking game, Tim. Maybe it's not M-Unit or McCarthy anymore, but there are still things to lose.

I keep tabs about you to make sure you're safe. I'm not following you around waiting to catch you coming out of the Otherworld and making thinly veiled threats on the network.

You don't want to take my word for it - fine. I've got two people I trust telling me he's dangerous.

[holyposition]

We're just talking, Hawk.  I'm not in bed with him. He's obviously weird, I can tell just from the network, but that doesn't mean I can't talk to him.

People you trust more than me, apparently. Who?

[homosexuals]

I didn't think you were.

Christ, Tim. Being dangerous means you avoid contact and stop communication. This isn't the time to go getting curious and try and save his soul.

I trust their judgment. I'd trust yours if you'd stop balking at every goddamn thing I suggest because it's coming out of my mouth.

...Louis is one of them. Not the one getting blackmailed, but ask him if you don't believe me.

[holyposition]

That's the entire point of this place.

It's not because it's coming from you. It's because you demand it, when you have no right to.

I'm not asking Louis. Who's the second?

1/2

[homosexuals]

For Christ's sake, do you really still think this is purgatory?

I'm not demanding anything. I'm asking you to so I have one less thing to fucking worry about these days. I can't -

[homosexuals]

I can't handle anything else right now, Tim. I can't let anyone else down, and they all seem to think I can fix 'em.

The person getting blackmailed.

[holyposition]

Yes, I do.

You can let me down, but no one else?

[homosexuals]

I'm not trying to let you down either.

[holyposition]

You know exactly what I need from you and you can't bring yourself to do it.

[homosexuals]

I'm not letting you get close to this, Tim. It's not about being afraid anymore, or worrying about locked doors and commitment and M-Unit.

This is non-negotiable.

[holyposition]

You're afraid of something, obviously.