Then it's Tim. [ sorry tim. ] He's strong, he's military, and a crucifixion style kill would make more sense for someone in the front pew every Sunday.
[ because tim would forgive him. tim would want to be brought to justice if he was compelled to kill at night. tim would understand. his mind races forward for connections to skew this in his favor, for a slant that exonerates hawkins fuller, a man he trusts despite everything, a man who cares so much for him that he'd kill for him.
there is no loss of faith. hawk is as heathen as they come, unrepentant for who he is despite a generation of people telling him he was wrong. ash was the one who confessed to losing his faith after danny bled him out in the church, his well-loved bible going untouched for months, his prayers withheld from a god who wasn't there when he needed him the most. there's too much doubt, too many holes he intends to exploit when it comes to clearing hawk's name, except —
except for when set says that one word. diamond. his eyes travel up set's face, searching for deceit. hoping for a lie. ]
If it was August — [ the only other one it could be, when he goes down the list of diamonds. ] He'd have been beheaded his first night in the cage.
[ he doesn't know it for sure. but it seems damn likely, considering the pattern.
what do you think the outcome will be for his mind? ]
If it's a Diamond, then it's him. [ did he kill greer, too? ] It's Hawk. He's a wolf and he doesn't know it.
Hah! How I wish it were Timothy Laughlin! How I wish, I would love to grind his smug little face into the knowledge! I could have said him, you know — I could have easily tied this information up in a bow, withheld that we confirmed it to be a Diamond — and done away with him!
[ It's Set's turn to grow shrill, his voice snapping on the complicated loathing-respect that he holds for the aforementioned Tim; he'd prefer to name that man, who craves to be martyred and cannot protect or care for a temple of worship for the life of him.
If not a loss of faith, then a loathing of it. Set had seen Hawk's memories in the gallery. He'd seen the systematic hardening of his heart — the way he had looked upon institutions wealthy with perversion and hypocrisy, fine tuning their control and ability to carry on with their own desires while punishing others for the same. ( So many words, so much history — lavender scares and "don't ask, don't tell". ) ( Timothy telling him that his marriage to Shanks was invalid, because it would never be blessed by god. ) ]
I think we can conclude that Shauna's beheading, rather than August's, might just mean the wrong Diamond wolf went to the cage.
[ He sombers, the fullness of his mouth pursed and pouting. Hesitation and then: ]
— tell him I made you accuse him. Tell him... I wanted to hurt you, for not choosing me. For being delusional, thinking you would choose me over Ash or that I have something on you, to force you to voice my suspicions. I have a reputation. Might as well use it.
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[ because tim would forgive him. tim would want to be brought to justice if he was compelled to kill at night. tim would understand. his mind races forward for connections to skew this in his favor, for a slant that exonerates hawkins fuller, a man he trusts despite everything, a man who cares so much for him that he'd kill for him.
there is no loss of faith. hawk is as heathen as they come, unrepentant for who he is despite a generation of people telling him he was wrong. ash was the one who confessed to losing his faith after danny bled him out in the church, his well-loved bible going untouched for months, his prayers withheld from a god who wasn't there when he needed him the most. there's too much doubt, too many holes he intends to exploit when it comes to clearing hawk's name, except —
except for when set says that one word. diamond. his eyes travel up set's face, searching for deceit. hoping for a lie. ]
If it was August — [ the only other one it could be, when he goes down the list of diamonds. ] He'd have been beheaded his first night in the cage.
[ he doesn't know it for sure. but it seems damn likely, considering the pattern.
what do you think the outcome will be for his mind? ]
If it's a Diamond, then it's him. [ did he kill greer, too? ] It's Hawk. He's a wolf and he doesn't know it.
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[ It's Set's turn to grow shrill, his voice snapping on the complicated loathing-respect that he holds for the aforementioned Tim; he'd prefer to name that man, who craves to be martyred and cannot protect or care for a temple of worship for the life of him.
If not a loss of faith, then a loathing of it. Set had seen Hawk's memories in the gallery. He'd seen the systematic hardening of his heart — the way he had looked upon institutions wealthy with perversion and hypocrisy, fine tuning their control and ability to carry on with their own desires while punishing others for the same. ( So many words, so much history — lavender scares and "don't ask, don't tell". ) ( Timothy telling him that his marriage to Shanks was invalid, because it would never be blessed by god. ) ]
I think we can conclude that Shauna's beheading, rather than August's, might just mean the wrong Diamond wolf went to the cage.
[ He sombers, the fullness of his mouth pursed and pouting. Hesitation and then: ]
— tell him I made you accuse him. Tell him... I wanted to hurt you, for not choosing me. For being delusional, thinking you would choose me over Ash or that I have something on you, to force you to voice my suspicions. I have a reputation. Might as well use it.
Or... or I can say it.