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[tinstar]

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Re: Several, several hours later

[abrightboy]

[Malcolm leans close enough that his face barely fits on the (cracked) screen. Raylan can't see it from his side, but on Malcolm's side he has a big bright line across his face.]

Oh my God, thank you. Thank for just... doing something. Thank you. How long do you think it'll be before she lets me stay with Will alone?

[tinstar]

[He can't stop the crook of a smile at how close Malcolm was to his camera, and tries to ignore the faint energy of manic that it brought with it.]

That, I can't say. We didn't talk about.. visitin' rights so specifically, just got an understandin' of the situation, each other, and why I'm stickin' my nose in in the first place. But she brought up a few things we should probably talk about. If you're serious about me steppin' in and tryin' to help.

[abrightboy]

Please. I need help.

[tinstar]

[Raylan nods a little and sighs softly.]

Alright. You wanna do this over the phone then, or face to face, which is better for you?

[abrightboy]

[Malcolm bites his lip, then, after a second answers.]

On video is probably… safer.

[tinstar]

[He frowns a little at 'safer'.]'

Why safer?

[abrightboy]

I’m not doing really great today.

[tinstar]

You're gonna have to work a lot harder to make me wary of you when you're not doin' well but- [He takes and lets another breath.] If that's how you wanna do it..

I know you love Will. But you agree that he's an inmate for a reason, right?

[abrightboy]

[Malcolm looks at him oddly.]

Yes. He was... conditioned and abused into going dark, back in his world. ...Why?

[tinstar]

And while we both understand why he snapped and killed Avalon, that murder still isn't somethin' that can be just brushed under the rug? All the reasons he snapped are things to work on, correct?

[abrightboy]

I said Avalon and Avalon's Warden were more to blame. Not that Will is blameless. I said considering that Avalon tortured him and stabbed him before, he had no reason not to believe they'd do it again when they said they intended to. I said it was understandable, not that it was okay.

[tinstar]

[Raylan nods again, nonplussed by the lifts in emotion. He was as pliable and even about it as he could possibly be.]

I take it your conversations with Shaw aren't exactly successful. This goes outside this particular incident too, doesn't it.

[abrightboy]

She doesn't listen to what I say. She assumes everything I say means something else and makes up what that something else is and when I told her that she could just.... assume what I mean is exactly what I say, she said the world doesn't work that way.

[tinstar]

It sounds like you two need a mediator, to establish some lines of reality and understanding between each other. Without Will there. This isn't a personal issue between you two anymore, it's creeping into a professional one.

[And that was just the first place to start.]

Then again, when I tried that with Jedao when I was in your position, it didn't go well.

[abrightboy]

Will actually offered to translate. When it was just personal, we didn’t need a mediator. We needed someone who understands us both that we could both trust to facilitate communication. She was resistant for a while, but she just agreed a little before this happened.

[tinstar]

Does that mean it's still on the table, considerin'?

[abrightboy]

I don’t know what’s on the table anymore. She had Jesus call me up and encourage me to help Will by separating from him for a while.

[tinstar]

Still haven't talked to that one - [Half muttered and only to himself.]

I very much doubt that takin' away a person that makes him feel safe and secure will help. She's worried about you gettin' in the way of whatever her aim for his mental health is.

She got any kind of good reason for that, Malcolm? Objectivly?

[abrightboy]

No. I’m helping with his mental health. I’m trained in mental health. And I want him to graduate. We have plans for that.

[tinstar]

And how is yours doing?

[abrightboy]

It would be better if I had any information about how long this 24 hour surveillance is going to last or if she’d let me stay with him at some point. Did you find some out?

[tinstar]

I don't think she's got a time limit set. Imagine it depends on how Will is doing. As for you, she doesn't trust you and somehow, doesn't agree with the fact that helping Will and helping him graduate is in your interests as much as it is hers.

I do think that I've at least sown a few seeds for her to consider, including possibly letting me help. She's suspicious of me though, thinks I take everything you tell me as gospel like I don't have my own mind or objective opinions.

[abrightboy]

She's the only objective person in the world. She didn't explain that to you?

Late morning the next day

[abrightboy]

I sent Shaw a very angry text and, while I don’t think I was factually wrong about the thing I’m mad about, I think that I was unnecessarily… cutting.

[tinstar]

Says somethin' when you think it's too cuttin'.

Start with the thing you're mad about though, I assume it's.. everythin' but, you know what they say about assuming.