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01st transformation . video . locks for erik & charles

[ She greets the barge with a smile. Her appearance is 'normal' - normal for a human. No blue skin or yellow eyes in sight. ]

Hi. [ And a little wave. She regrets it immediately. That's kind of embarrassing, isn't it? And not something that she should be doing, because she's here for a purpose. ] I'm Raven.

I heard a few of my friends were here, so I thought I'd come… help. I'm a warden.

And I'm here because I really believe that even if you're trapped, you still should have a chance to figure out who you are. I think that's important.

[ locked to Erik ]

Well, you thought I was crazy for trying, but I found you.

[ locked to Charles ]

[ She considered her approach to this for a long time. There are a lot of things that they should probably say to each other, and she's supposed to be responsible here. She can't just avoid him, as much as she wants to, while she gets her head together. ]

You should know that I'm here.

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Anyone could have told you that.

[And while he'd pry with Charles, it occurs to him that maybe he shouldn't with her. Maybe. Dropping his arms to clasp his hands between his knees, he stares ahead for a few moments before straightening and turning toward her.]

What about the death toll?

Can anyone tell me that, too?

Haven't we moved onto generalities?

I think you want more information from me than I want from you.

That's possible.

[He pushes himself up, crosses his arms and turns to her.]

I just want to know how to react to you. Things have changed for both of us, Raven. [He cocks his head.] Maybe for the better.

I don't expect you to be the Erik from the past few months. You don't have to react to me any one way, and I didn't come here thinking I'd make you owe me gratitude or something.

No. You came here to - support me. [There's the faintest pause, because he is still not used to having that in most people. He knows he can lean on Charles, but that's from months and months of practically being in each others' heads. At least he doesn't find concern in others suspicious. He is touched that she came, even if he won't say it.]

You met Kelsier.

And to be a different point of view. I know how looking through Charles' eyes can make everything else seem... smaller.

[ She's trying to be fair about this, but it's hard, through the anger. ]

He's interesting. Do you like him?

[He's not sure how he feels about that, and he does know how angry she is - so he doesn't comment, just pulls over a chair so he cans it in front of her, and shrug.] My last warden took over the ship and accidentally threw me in Zero before being demoted. The one before that refused to return my abilities.

Comparatively, Kelsier's a saint. [Yes he likes Kel but he is no fool, he is waiting for a fuck up.]

[ She nods. Hears what Erik says and what he doesn't say. ]

I think you line up with what I thought of him.

He's impressed with your mutation, isn't he?

He needs to ingest metal to do what I can do naturally. Wouldn't you be? [Although he's impressed too, really; Kelsier can do things he sure as hell can't.]

He likes mutations. He liked mine.

It's hard to fake a smile I can't see through.

You showed him. [He's pleased. Pleased she isn't just hiding, pleased she's being herself. Finally. She spent much too long hiding.]

[ She gives an airy shrug, but she's pleased too. And pleased that he's pleased. ]

He asked.

Most won't ask. [The unspoken here is that he thinks she shouldn't wait to be asked.]

Then they might not get to know me.

[ Right now, she's decided to mostly reserve it for people where she cares about their opinions. ]

[He opens his mouth, closes it again. He could tell her what he thinks she should do, he wants to, but where will that get them?]

Their loss.

I think so.

I know, you think I should have just gone with blue. I didn't because I didn't know what to expect here. I didn't know that a lot of metahumans were wardens too.

I do. [Because what's the point in lying? But he shrugs.] The divide isn't between who has powers and who doesn't. It's in judging how those powers should be used. [Which he understands to some extent, and wants to give a giant middle finger to the rest.]

You're not a good person, Erik. I mean - that didn't come out right.

[ She considers her words. She's trying to be honest, without being hurtful - to say, truly, what she thinks. ]

I'm sorry for saying that, it's not what I meant. I mean there's bad in you - or there was - just like there's bad in me. There's anger. But it doesn't mean there's not something right in what we were doing. And I want to think that the Admiral would be satisfied with helping you without changing you, but I couldn't be sure.

And that's not to say you're weak, because you're not. It's just that for me Charles was always overwhelming. He was always so right, and sometimes it made me forget that other things could be right too.

So I'm not here because I think Charles is bad, or because I think you're perfect. It's because I think you should have someone to fight for what makes you different from Charles. I think you deserve that.

[His eyebrows furrow a little at that, and stay that way as she goes on. It's not like he hasn't always thought exactly that: he's not a good person. He's a monster.

It was Charles who first made him think differently, and now he's not entirely certain. It becomes less important, when you have something to fight for. When you aren't just out for revenge, when you're pursuing justice. Real justice. But it's a blurry line for him: revenge has been his whole life. It's hard to change. And sometimes you do have to change.

He gets up slowly, goes to sit beside her again, leaning one hand against the bed so he can face her.]

If there's bad in us, there's good, too. I'm not trying to become Charles. [If anything, he thinks distantly, Charles has become a little more like him. He thinks he should regret that, but he can't quite manage it. A wry smile crosses his face.]

You can be right, too. And just because he can be wrong doesn't mean he's always wrong. [Because he thinks they both deserve to have a decent relationship again.

Straightening, he scratches his jaw, and turns his head to glance at her again.]

I can't say I'm glad you're here. No one would be here, if I had my way. But I can count the people who would fight for me on one hand. So - thank you.

[ She nods, silently. This has been hard already, but - interesting. She might come here for Erik, but she has an odd feeling that she might stay for... everything else. ]

I didn't want you to think I followed you because I worship you.

[That earns a snort, and he shakes his head.]

If you were that ridiculous, I wouldn't bother being grateful.

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