Re:construct by Natalie Hunter

Author:Natalie Hunter [Hunter, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

"This is just what we fucking need, two days before the damn battle... as if I don't have enough to be doing without talking to some mad old bitch who thinks she's a countess. Countess of what exactly? Doesn't there need to be a monarchy to make someone a fucking countess in the first place? What kind of insane bullshit is up with these people!" Curtis railed, as Maddy wiped her face with a towel, and Yuki the martial arts instructor android wisely busied herself pretending to clean the mirrors in the hotel gym, where Curtis had disrupted Madeleine's morning training session. He'd come straight here to vent as soon as Featherby had confirmed that his employer would indeed like to have the video conference, and that the person he'd be speaking to was the current matriarch of the Warren family, one 'countess' Gwendolene.

"I mean, it's probably best that you do talk to her... we can't just ignore that there are people living so close to Brightvale, or, you know, that there are other humans out there who have tried to make contact with us. Sure, they might seem like a pain in the ass right now, but it would be a bad move for us to not at least try to form some kind of useful relationship with them..."

Curtis ran a hand through his hair in frustration.

"I know, I know, I just... I thought that if there were other humans out there, anywhere near enough that they might become a factor in our lives that..."

"That they'd be nice, and share our goals? Yeah, I guess I kind of thought that too. I guess we didn't learn as much from the likes of Janice and Sophie about humans as we thought," Madeleine conceded.

"I just... I just hope I can persuade this countess whatever-her-name-is that we're not doing this to fuck with the Aerquan for fun, or because we're angry -"

"- but we are angry. There's no denying that. We could have considered the stealthy get-the-people-out-without-destroying-the-city plan, and we didn't. We want to kill the Aerquan as much as we want to free the people, and we are lying if we pretend that our own desire for revenge is playing no part at all in our plans. I mean, I do think we're doing the right thing, and I do think that if we don't kill the Aerquan in Brightvale we'll just be inviting problems for our city further down the line - I think we need to show them we are not to be fucked with at this point rather than giving them a reason to believe they can come after us successfully. But... well, that's the angle you will need to push, because if she already thinks all of this is just you having a tantrum of some kind, then she's not going to be persuaded otherwise if you talk about how the Aerquan need to be eradicated. It needs to sound strategic."

"Yeah, you're right, I guess. Ugh,

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