"That's not what you said before," he mutters, eyeing the smooth evenness of the walls warily.
Maybe he shouldn't have suggested it at all.
That probably would have been wiser.
Less liable to get them both killed.
Only - that isn't a problem for Daniel so much these days, is it? Has it ever been? What kind of right does he have to dredge up whatever issues Johnny might have with his power after the fact?
He brushes fingertips against the walls, the seamless close that rippled shut, sealing them from their exposed position relative to the elements and the mindless, hungering things prowling the city. It feels wrong. Something not so much in the building or the walls themselves but - deeper?
Daniel shivers and withdraws his hand.
"Always kind of a gamble," he hazards. "I guess that would make sense."
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Maybe he shouldn't have suggested it at all.
That probably would have been wiser.
Less liable to get them both killed.
Only - that isn't a problem for Daniel so much these days, is it? Has it ever been? What kind of right does he have to dredge up whatever issues Johnny might have with his power after the fact?
He brushes fingertips against the walls, the seamless close that rippled shut, sealing them from their exposed position relative to the elements and the mindless, hungering things prowling the city. It feels wrong. Something not so much in the building or the walls themselves but - deeper?
Daniel shivers and withdraws his hand.
"Always kind of a gamble," he hazards. "I guess that would make sense."