Date: 18 Jan 2023 20:37 (UTC)
conning: (NealC 056)
From: [personal profile] conning
"So how is that a waste of a wish?" He's confused, Malcolm.

Date: 19 Jan 2023 03:38 (UTC)
conning: (NealC 033)
From: [personal profile] conning
His brows knit a little. “Like a new life? A changed one? A world that’s completely different, good and fair?”

Neal gestures at nothing in particular, no judgment in his tone. “You haven’t asked for any of that. And you don’t seem to think it’s even a good idea every time. And you can get more than one deal with more than one graduate, can’t you? Why not choose something that makes your life better in a way no one else can?”

Date: 26 Jan 2023 01:53 (UTC)
conning: (NealC 033)
From: [personal profile] conning
Neal stares in mild confusion. "Why can't you take care of yourself first?"

Date: 3 Feb 2023 21:18 (UTC)
conning: (NealC 032)
From: [personal profile] conning
"Yeah, but..." He trails off, still confused. "People come here to ask for things that they can't get any other way. Just because that's not why you came, why can't it be a perk?"

Date: 10 Feb 2023 14:15 (UTC)
conning: (NealC 033)
From: [personal profile] conning
"So?" Selfish smelfish. You are a strange creature Malcolm, and it fascinates him. "What do you have to do to earn it?"

Date: 10 Feb 2023 14:22 (UTC)
conning: (NealC 077)
From: [personal profile] conning
"That's not a quantifiable--" He stops himself. It doesn't matter. Malcolm is like Peter, a little bit. There are certain things he probably can't argue around. "Just because they died it doesn't mean it's your fault."

Date: 10 Feb 2023 14:33 (UTC)
conning: (NealC 052)
From: [personal profile] conning
"Not saving someone isn't the same as killing them." It's not a complicated equation in his head, one that doesn't recognize its hypocrisy coming from Neal himself.

Date: 12 Feb 2023 03:12 (UTC)
conning: (NealC 029)
From: [personal profile] conning
This conversation isn't going to go anywhere. Not right now, and Neal is tired. He rubs his eyes. "Agree to disagree on the point of the wish, then."

Dry as a bone. A pause. "Why don't you wish for them to come back?"

Date: 13 Feb 2023 19:33 (UTC)
conning: (NealC 030)
From: [personal profile] conning
"Giving people their loved ones back?" He's so confused.

Wasn't he leaving? He was leaving. "Just. Think about it. I know you're not here for a wish, but you could still benefit. Or the world could if you want that instead."
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