[In fact, Cassel doesn't acknowledge that the post was made. Not even to himself. He listens to it, thinks about it for a minute, and then . . . shuts off his communicator and goes to do something else.]
[Kon told him that anger is a cover for all the other emotions you might be feeling and don't want to admit to. But the thing is, he doesn't even think he's angry. It would be stupid anger, anyway - this is the right decision, he knows. Bond doesn't belong here. He has people at home, he has home at home, and staying here without getting your deal - well, for some people, this isn't the right place. It isn't safe.]
[He doesn't feel angry, though. He feels nothing.]
[He goes to the places he normally goes - gym, dining hall, his room to check on Ilia - and then goes to the pub. This isn't too unusual, except it's early, and he's got drinks in his room, but, well. He doesn't have 50-year Macallan in his room.]
[The whole time it's burning his throat he's thinking about the accident, his dad's, and thinking, too, not for the first time, that maybe it wasn't an accident, that maybe his mom did it, or somebody else, somebody worse. Weird, how if it stays in the family it doesn't hurt as bad. He wonders how much family he's going to find and lose in this place. He wonders if he should get up, go, find him, tell him he's not mad.]
[Is he mad?]
[There's a mirror over the bar. He ignores it. He doesn't want to see what mask he's wearing right now.]
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[In fact, Cassel doesn't acknowledge that the post was made. Not even to himself. He listens to it, thinks about it for a minute, and then . . . shuts off his communicator and goes to do something else.]
[Kon told him that anger is a cover for all the other emotions you might be feeling and don't want to admit to. But the thing is, he doesn't even think he's angry. It would be stupid anger, anyway - this is the right decision, he knows. Bond doesn't belong here. He has people at home, he has home at home, and staying here without getting your deal - well, for some people, this isn't the right place. It isn't safe.]
[He doesn't feel angry, though. He feels nothing.]
[He goes to the places he normally goes - gym, dining hall, his room to check on Ilia - and then goes to the pub. This isn't too unusual, except it's early, and he's got drinks in his room, but, well. He doesn't have 50-year Macallan in his room.]
[The whole time it's burning his throat he's thinking about the accident, his dad's, and thinking, too, not for the first time, that maybe it wasn't an accident, that maybe his mom did it, or somebody else, somebody worse. Weird, how if it stays in the family it doesn't hurt as bad. He wonders how much family he's going to find and lose in this place. He wonders if he should get up, go, find him, tell him he's not mad.]
[Is he mad?]
[There's a mirror over the bar. He ignores it. He doesn't want to see what mask he's wearing right now.]