[it's that offer that makes him go quiet, though he's not strictly opposed; the logic is airtight from his perspective, since he'd much rather never have to think about this again. but he has very little experience with permanent. usually assuming that something will always be as it is brings about its undoing faster than leaving it alone. he balks at the idea of giving in, not to her but to duplicity, acknowledging the city's laws even more than he already has done for the sake of... something permanent.
plus, if it looks like a marriage and quacks like a marriage and everyone treats it like a marriage...]
[She doesnāt see it that way - but then sheās on the side that allows more than one contract so.]
We can keep signing every three months. I can make it painless.
But you know Iām not a woman who does things sheās not sure of.
[Plus: she will admit that not having to wonder if every three months Jack is going to court death by convincing Charles to leave her will take a load off.]
[that makes him smile to himself on his side of the phone.]
Right. Fuck was I thinking.
[a fair question to ask himself at the moment. vane trusts daphne, and he trusts his own instincts, most of the time. but he's never been very good at considering the ripple effects of the drastic measures that he takes. at the risk of offending daphne, let this be a choice that he takes seriously, even if that just means letting it sit in his brain until something crystallizes.]
I'm gonna consider it. It's not about what I'd give to you. It's about what I want the city to have from me.
You can include Jack on the list of approved trespassers [currently exclusive to her] for the cabin. I don't imagine he'll make use of the privilege, but if he has a reason to and can't, neither one of us will ever hear the end of it.
No. [wait.] Anne, I suppose. [forgot that not everyone thinks of her as coterminous with jack.] But that's it. Anyone else shows up for no reason, feel free to eat them.
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plus, if it looks like a marriage and quacks like a marriage and everyone treats it like a marriage...]
You sure about that?
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We can keep signing every three months. I can make it painless.
But you know Iām not a woman who does things sheās not sure of.
[Plus: she will admit that not having to wonder if every three months Jack is going to court death by convincing Charles to leave her will take a load off.]
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Right. Fuck was I thinking.
[a fair question to ask himself at the moment. vane trusts daphne, and he trusts his own instincts, most of the time. but he's never been very good at considering the ripple effects of the drastic measures that he takes. at the risk of offending daphne, let this be a choice that he takes seriously, even if that just means letting it sit in his brain until something crystallizes.]
I'm gonna consider it. It's not about what I'd give to you. It's about what I want the city to have from me.
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Yeah, of course. It's not as though there's a rush.
[She's not going anywhere.]
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[She's secure in that.]
I don't think there's much that you can do to scare me off.
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It's a joke.
What exactly do you want me to change?
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I'll add him. Anyone else?
[It's his place; she doesn't mind whoever he wants to be able to go over.]
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[he knows she won't. but if she feels like it.]
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Maybe Iāll just kill then and string their bodies up as a warning. That feels fair.