ukan | IC Inbox III

People think we're alike because we're both stubborn and we both do what we think is right, regardless of who it pisses off. We frustrate people so they think we deserve to frustrate each other.

I think they'd be even more frustrated if they knew how much I like working with you. [With, not for, not over. Trevor is more like a partner than an inmate.

All this is also said so he can pause and think about the question.]

I have to stop sometimes and weigh what I feel about someone against what I'm after, remind myself that I like them enough to sacrifice something I care about doing. When I'm able to do that I feel better. ...Usually. Sometimes caring about people pisses me off.

You're frustrating and sometimes I want to punch you. But I really like working with you, too.

Mmn.

Because they won't do as they're told, or because you can never keep anyone truly safe without enslaving them to your will?

I...really don't like how you phrased that. Which means you're onto something.

I told you, I studied to be a great monster hunter. Loads of would-be vampire kings and queens through history are like that.

I didn't know monster psychology was one of your talents. [He's joking but, again, not really. He likes Trevor's insights.]

For the record I don't want anyone chained to my vision. ...Yes I do. But my vision is more flexible now. It isn't all about me anymore.

Your vision of making this shithole a safer place.

Actually, I have an easier time letting people do their own thing here. It's back home that I get controlling. The stakes are so much higher back home, it's hard to let go.

So what's your vision? Or, visions.

I don't want wolves to be visible. It's too dangerous. But I don't want us to have to make our way through life by working the black market and living on the streets, either. I see wolves in places of influence, like I live: attorneys and doctors, politicians and business owners. I see a world where we can coexist even if humans never know they're coexisting.

Some humans might catch on. Might turn ugly. Literal witch hunts were started for less.

How do you tell your kind apart if they don't tell you themselves?

That's what drove us underground in the first place.

But there's no way to tell the difference if you aren't one. People don't trust us--well, healthy, well-adjusted people are instinctively afraid of us. Animals don't like us. But there's nothing that screams 'lycanthrope' about us.

You ever think about starting a commune? Just fucking off in a corner of the world where you won't be bothered, instead of trying to get into human society?

Because humans can be real shits when they're panicked.

That's how we survived all these years. Most wolves are happy to settle. I just never have been. Why should I have to give up the life I've built, when I can find a way to keep living it?

Because otherwise you’ll be constantly in danger?

The risk is worth it to me. And so far it has been to my packmates. Not ever wolf wants in... there are plenty who want to stay on the edges of society, selling drugs and stealing from dumpsters. But I want to offer a path to a better life for those who want to risk it.

How many of you are there? And are your lycanthropes born or made?

We're made. Which is another reason we need to be where people are.

So you're like vampires.

I suppose so. I dont' know how vampires were created... We were made to protect the tribes that formed us.

Fucking christ.

You need some human advocates. People who can be go-betweens for wolves and humans. Leads into society, who can vouch for you, or become your kind when they're ready for it.

That's where Alec comes in. I've made human allies since I graduated.

You have money? If you have money, it's easier. For you and him.

I do. We have plenty. Most wolves have nothing.

Good. Fine. That'll make you popular. Humans like anyone who can do things for them.

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