Nina Stenet
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Post by Nina Stenet on Dec 28, 2011 8:26:12 GMT -5
Nina suspected that Edward wasn't aware that she felt that way, which is exactly why she decided to explain it. Though it was only just a moment ago, as she was pondering the very closely related subject of his dramatic flare, that she consciously realized that it's one of those things he's likely to miss. The man is so intelligent yet also sometimes so blind that it's hard for her to keep track of what goes without saying and what she has to spell out. But when it comes to matters of her own emotions, especially the more complicated ones, it's a safe bet he doesn't know if she hasn't said.
As she watches him react to her words, she can't help but smile even more. A part of her is actually a bit unaccustomed to the idea of seeing him being happy about something she agrees that he should be happy about - all too often, that's not the case at all. And it's nice to see him being happy without having to combat a flood of mixed emotions within herself about it at the same time. It's only right that he should feel happy knowing that she feels that way about him - while she doesn't put him on quite as high of a pedestal as he likes to put himself, she'd be the first to agree that he's awesome.
She notices the small hiccup in his actions when she reaches her conclusion, but doesn't react to it. It merely confirms something she basically knew: he's still not comfortable with the idea that she loves him, and by extension probably the other way around too. Which is frustrating, to say the least, but completely expected. Though she has to take it as a good sign that he's so quick to move on from that reaction.
Taking a bite of food, she's too interested in what he'll say to that to really savor the flavor of it. Instead she smirks at his comment on her standards, though she has to suppress rolling her eyes when he calls himself perfect. She may absolutely adore him, but she doesn't think he's perfect. Well, parts of him are perfect, but then there's the other parts...
Her expression eases into one of more passive listening as he continues. And here we are again on something that makes him happy but gives her all sorts of mixed emotions. But a look of surprise crosses her face at his last statement, and her expression grows ruminative for a long pause as she considers what to say to that. In fact, she has enough time to take another bite of food and chew it thoroughly before she finally says, "The tricky thing is that you can't show me the 'how' without also showing me the 'what'. And though, just as I said I would, I think I've learned not to blame myself when something happens I'm not involved in... well, the moment I feel like I'm involved, or start to ask myself if I should be, is the same moment it starts to hurt. And the only way that would change is if I changed in ways I don't want to." She frowns at that last part, almost looking sad for a moment.
But though that's something she knows that she needs to say, she's quick to add, "But the reason I'm saying that, is that if you want to show me more of the 'how'... I think that I'd actually enjoy that. But I'd have to feel uninvolved; I'm fine as long as I can take the role of an observer. It's a very fine line, but avoidable if we're careful. I'm certainly not opposed to hearing you explain your plans, and I can't say I'd mind watching you rob a museum again - at least the way you did it that time." Probably because hurting someone was not a part of that particular plan, even if it had been a possibility if something unexpected had happened.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2012 1:41:48 GMT -5
He's happy that he isn't the only one happy. He wished everything with Nina could be this easy and feel this nice. This didn't seem like a war on a battlefield but an actual causal conversation. He continued to feel this overwhelming feeling of joy until he noticed the hesitation. His hands that were now behind his head, as he leaned slightly back in his chair, stayed there in a tense motion. He didn't really want to move to give way to a familiar emotion that usually encompassed them: frustration.
The smile on his face left though as he watched her chew over her food before voicing her opinion. Everything voiced was all what he already knew. He had highly doubted that she would want to participate. He had hoped she would. Hope was not a synonym to knowledge. He scrunched his lips together, looking like a man who had ate a lemon. His hands finally left his hair as he settled his chair back into the stiff position of before. He picked up his chopsticks. She wants to observe. He mentally thought how that would go. She had gotten upset with him when he merely broke Allen's fingers. He could only imagine how upset she would be if she ever saw another one of his personal riddles. They usually ended up pretty graphic and bloody because people were stupid. She wouldn't understand that though. Her thoughts would be focus on the blood and death. She mentioned the museum heist, but he usually only did heist like those when he was running very tight for cash or just broke out of Arkham. He plucked a bite from the bowel and brought it to his mouth. He would love for Nina to be involved, but he certainly did not want to deal with her drama if she wasn't able to accept it.
She did say she would be okay hearing plans. He smirked, that he could do. (It is strange that the thought appears in his mind so easily when normally he would never tell anyone his plans.) He swallowed. "I'll never understand your empathy, Nina," he said, "But I understand what you are saying and probably for that reason, you really won't be able to watch." He paused then gave her a glance. "I noticed the incident with Robin," he said with a smirk to show he wasn't upset with it, just stating a fact.
His smirk changed to a grin. "Telling you my plans though I think is a PG version I think you can handle," he chuckled, "That is, if you really want to hear them."
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Post by Nina Stenet on Jan 4, 2012 3:50:52 GMT -5
It seems odd to Nina, but a part of her is hating this conversation, but another is glad that it's happening. They were both so happy a moment ago, and can't they just have that without it turning into something so serious? On the other hand, these things they're saying probably need to be said at some point, and especially after the incident with Allen it's probably better if Edward understands a bit more about the way she thinks and feels about that sort of thing.
It wasn't actually until she'd had a chance to calm down that she realized that the reason why she'd been so upset at the time was because she'd felt involved with that. Sure, the way Edward saw it he probably felt like it was a case of Allen disrespecting him, but the comment the man had made was about them - not just Edward. Of course, that emotion was mixed in with a number of others so it wasn't the only factor, but it definitely made it a lot worse than it would have been. She just wishes that she'd handled what came after that better.
She gives a small half-smile when he talks about her empathy as she takes another bite of food, though there's a somewhat sad quality to it - she really wishes that he could understand it, but she can accept that he doesn't. Though she actually gets a full smile for a moment when he mentions Robin. "I thought that I handled that well, actually. It bothered me at the time but... no, I didn't really feel involved there. There were just parts of it that I didn't care to have a very clear memory of," she explains, thinking about how she'd avoided watching several key moments, "There's a difference between what bothers me at the time and what bothers me looking back." And that's one incident that, looking back, she doesn't really feel bothered by.
"Though I must admit that had it happened a bit differently..." she pauses and her forehead wrinkles as she tries to figure out the right way to explain, "If I know that someone is going to die, and I'm right there, and I don't help..." Well, Edward has seen her have that problem before, but she doesn't want to bring that up a second time so she leaves the rest of it unsaid. And that's why he's perfectly correct about how much she'd want to be around some of his more deadly plans - there comes a point when the possibility that she doesn't feel involved reaches zero. "It helps a lot if I'm not sure," she adds as an afterthought.
But what was it that she'd been thinking a moment ago about not wanting this to be a serious, unhappy conversation? She shoves the unhappy thoughts away now that they've been expressed and she actually smiles at the thought that takes its place. "But yes, hearing about it I can handle. And I do want to, whenever you want to tell me," she says, "I can't say that I won't have mixed feelings hearing about it, but 'wow' will definitely be one of them." It's always seemed a bit odd to her, but she's noticed that Edward has a tendency to overreact when she's bothered by something. Like even bringing up their escape as his example - yes it had bothered her then, but now? No - she got over it very quickly. It's often how he reacts to her reaction that makes things worse. She smirks a little as she adds, "Like do I like the thought of you starting a war? Of course not. But it's still... well, remarkable."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2012 2:21:09 GMT -5
He played with the chopsticks almost the same way he usually played with his lollipop, rolling the stick between his thumb and his forefinger, as he listened to her commentary. He watches her carefully as he always does, but his focus isn't entirely there (he is distracted by the delicious food of course). He does catch the smile and the easy tone in her voice during the comments of Robin. Admittedly, he is somewhat surprised that she isn't as bothered as he had first assumed. He remembered the wince moments and the uncomfortable silence. He had assumed she would hold that over him like many of his other plans. He smirked, what a pleasant surprise.
Though again, he cannot be that surprised because the boy hadn't died. If the boy blunder had died, she would have probably thrown a fit even though it would be the brats own fault. He just would never understand her unreasonable sympathy for people's own stupidity. It was illogical and a drastic flaw in her personality that he sometimes could not overlook. Now, however, he wasn't as bothered by it (probably because he was too distracted by another compliment).
It caused his smirk to go to full cheshire cat grin. "Starting a war is such a brutish simplified term," he said smugly, "Any average joe with a gun could accomplish that, take World War I for example." He leaned over the table slightly as he used his arms to match the tone and volume of his voice, "I mean what I am doing is far more strategic. I am collapsing the two largest economies that will simultaneously effect the rest of the world. Wealth, the government, and military have protected the ignorant idiotic trust fund baby elites for far to long. I am only helping to put them where they really belong..." he paused for a only a moment then went on a different tangent, "Also getting the government buffoons out of my city is of course a wonderful bonus. I suppose I am going off target," he chuckled to himself for a moment. The reasoning behind his plan was even beyond him at some points. It was for revenge, pride, respect, and the fun of the game. He almost couldn't keep up with all of his reasons. That was probably one of the main reason he never really thought about how it would negatively effect the world. "I understand what you are saying though. I won't lie, I have never been one to care about another person's personal boundaries, but I have noted them. I will do my best to not past them."
He smirked to himself as his next thought came to mind, "But you know how I am with obstacles. I tend to see them as a challenge." He took a bite of his food.
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Post by Nina Stenet on Jan 14, 2012 4:42:04 GMT -5
Even with all the faith that Nina puts into Edward's intelligence, a part of her can't help but not quite believe that he'll manage to start that massive of a war. Mostly due to the fact that, while there's definitely plenty of corrupt people all around that would leap at the chance to profit from it, the vast majority of people on all sides of such a conflict would not want to be in it - sending the military after vastly inferior terrorist forces, even if that enemy can put up a very impressive fight, is one thing. Taking on another country with forces of actually comparable strength is another. And World War I had happened in a different time among countries that have continued to develop and change since then. She can't imagine that starting one here and now is so easily done. But she has a certain level of faith in humanity, and Edward does not.
And that's, perhaps, why hearing him speak more of it doesn't really make her that uncomfortable. Worrying too much about something that may or may not happen that may or may not be very bad just isn't something she lets herself do - it's better to at least wait to worry until the future is clearer. So instead she smiles as she comments, "It does rather neatly give you everything you want." As someone who recently completed her own plan that she still believes will wind up getting her everything she wants, she can appreciate the kind of pleasure it gives one to have hit upon the way to do it. Even if her own way had been as something as harmless as burning her lab and his is as drastic as this.
She decides not to comment on what he says about her personal boundaries, but she does look somewhat pleased to hear it. That's the one thing that she hoped that he learned from what happened with Allen: ignoring how another person will react to what you're doing and then getting upset when they react badly to it doesn't exactly work out so well. So unless you completely don't care about that person at all, their boundaries need to at least be considered even if you don't agree with them. Kind of like how Nina carefully avoids even the implication that he ever does anything that makes her question his intelligence, even when she feels like he deserves it. That could not turn out well at all, and is actually not that hard to avoid.
Though his last comment causes her to laugh a little as she notes, "That's why I get the impression that at some point you'll figure out how to get me involved in a way that I don't object to." Her voice is mildly teasing, but that's the truth as she sees it. She wouldn't say that it's impossible, and if it's not impossible then she fully expects that Edward will figure it out at some point even if she can't exactly see it happening herself right now. But she does know that she's willing to compromise - to set aside one value or ideal if she has to in order to satisfy something greater - and she's willing to bet that's enough wiggle room to work with if he was so inclined to try.
Glancing down at her bowl and noting the growing scarcity of clumps of rice and other tasty bits large enough to be snagged by her chopsticks, she picks up her bowl to make it easier. One advantage to chopsticks is that it's perfectly acceptable etiquette to shovel small bits you can't easily pick up directly into your mouth. And her Oyakodon turned out so well as to make wanting to get every last scrap of it, if she does say so herself.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2012 16:54:10 GMT -5
"The key is to find away without lying," he said causally, "Lying after all is basically cheating at any challenge." He ate another bite. Eventually, he would certainly find away to loop Nina's involvement. She was after all a mighty tool that could be used to advance a majority of schemes. Okay, she wasn't just a tool, but her powers opened up quite a bit of doors.
He glanced at his attire as he leaned back into the chair again. His white press shirt was a mess, and his slacks certainly needed to be ironed. He also needed a shower before he even considered leaving this apartment. The Riddler was many things, but he was never a mess. Call it OCD, but he had to look his best at all times.
He took another bite of the food, but he was almost finished with the meal. He wondered for a second if he had anything else to do that day. Everything seemed to be in order and ready to go. For the first time in years, he actually had free time.
Oh no....that meant boredom.
Oh how he hated boredom. He had to find something to entertain himself!
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Post by Nina Stenet on Jan 14, 2012 17:41:24 GMT -5
"It would also really tick me off," Nina notes with a smirk that hovers halfway between amusement and seriousness, "So would being misled by something that isn't technically lying. But I imagine you could manage to work around that too." She doesn't really lie either. Of course, her motivation for doing so is completely different: she's simply an honest person. That, and she's very much gotten the impression that lying to Edward about anything, even if she was being well-meaning about it, is probably not a smart idea. It would probably more than tick him off.
But then silence overtakes the conversation for a moment, but unlike Edward that doesn't really bother Nina at all. She's enjoying his company either way. On the other hand, him mentioning Robin again moments ago brings something else to mind. "Oh, I wanted to ask - Robin isn't the same person he used to be, is he? Because I ran into him before, a long time ago. Earlier in the same week I met you, actually. And either he's a different person, he shrunk somehow, or my memory is failing me completely," she says, though she's rather doubtful about the latter. She can usually count on it to either be accurate or for it to be obviously unclear enough for her to know for certain she doesn't remember. But boy does she ever remember the first time she met the Ventriloquist. Having a gun pointed at your head does wonders when it comes to keeping a memory from fading.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2012 18:52:00 GMT -5
He had been so distracted by the looming boredom and the lack of organization and his cleanliness of his clothing that he hardly caught what Nina said when she broke the silence. "Hmm?" he said as his eyes went to lock with hers. They then widened with realization. Oh so she noticed that as well? Then again, only a moron with a blindfold on wouldn't be able to notice the drastic difference in Robin.
"Ah yes," he said as he played with the chopstick again, "Old boy blunder is now dressed in black and blue going by some winged thing." He thought back to his bank robbery where the random child girl and old boy blunder showed up to stop him. The Batman hadn't even cared. Insulting. Very insulting. "I am quite surprised the Bat managed to snag another child into the position. I swear it is comparable to child abuse. He should have been arrested for reckless endangerment years ago." He pondered over the red brat who had been hanging onto his car. Where did Batman get these boys? Were they his children? He doubted any intelligent father would stick his children out into danger. He must go to the orphanage and kidnap them. Then again, he could probably go up to any child and just ask him if they wanted to be Robin. The kid would probably jump up for joy and agree to go home. It was like Micheal Jackson and his personal carnival.
Edward chuckled to himself at the image of Batman being a child molester, though the thought couldn't be that far from the truth. "What I always found odd was how he acts as a lone ranger, but has so many people working for him," Edward mused, "It seems quite hypocritical."
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Post by Nina Stenet on Jan 14, 2012 19:50:58 GMT -5
"Nightwing?" Nina asks, since that's the only masked person running around that she can think of that would fit that description. She attempts a mental side by side comparison, but while she'd caught a solid look at the old Robin, this Nightwing hasn't been around for very long and is mostly known to her based on security camera footage that the news networks were able to obtain.
And it wasn't until the FBI raided her lab that she really came to grips with the idea that she can't be around Edward and expect to keep herself completely uninvolved in this very expanded version of cops and robbers everyone is playing. She's still planning on keeping as uninvolved as she can, but she does need to make an effort to know who these people are much more so than your average citizen of Gotham.
But then the rest of Edward's statements cause her eyebrows to raise slightly as she scoops a few last bits of rice from her bowl into her mouth. Mmm. "I hate to ask, but how is that very different from you hiring Jimmy?" she asks when she finishes chewing. Actually, unless she's terribly mistaken this new Robin is still a little older than the kid he hired. While who Edward hires is his business alone, if he's going to criticize Batman for reckless endangerment of children...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2012 0:08:22 GMT -5
"Yes, Nightwing, that's his name," Edward stated with little interest. Edward cared little about there fancy names or costumes. They wore spandex and did flips and dramatic moves like a dancers. He was surprised none of these superheroes hadn't come out of the closet yet. He wasn't fully paying attention until Nina made a comment of his latest employee. Admittedly, Jimmy was a questionable hire. Edward already wasn't sure where the boys loyalties laid. He had a large potential to be quite successful in this field, but he was far too immature.
Edward pursed his lips at the question and laid his chopsticks down on the placemat. He had thought that Nina hadn't approved of his decision, but like most things she didn't approve him doing she had kept it to herself. "Question, what is Jimmy's last name?" he said with a smirk as he turned to look at the woman questioning him. There were many reasons for his decision. One, the boy was intelligent and held potential. Two, he also opened up many opportunities in Gotham. Edward was successful in what he did because he always planned far too in advance. Jimmy was one of those plans. (Also, Edward would never admit this, he missed Robby. He was trying to find an equal replacement to one of his men dying.)
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Post by Nina Stenet on Jan 16, 2012 4:00:21 GMT -5
Yeah, Nina thought that who the kid's father was had to be one of the things that sold him. That and she's guessing that the kid is smart. She hasn't really seen it herself, but then Jimmy has done nothing but mope around since she's met him. She's... not impressed, even when she sets aside her objections to him being hired in the first place. But once again, ultimately she knows any decisions about the boy are completely up to Edward, so she really doesn't have a lot to say on that topic.
But not having much to say doesn't mean that she has nothing at all to say, so as she sets aside her now empty bowl and picks up her glass of wine she comments, "Who he is may be useful, but it doesn't make his prefrontal cortex any more developed than anyone else his age." The quiet words indicate that she's simply stating her opinion for the record, and only because she felt like someone needed to point out that the kid's age can't be ignored. Because no matter how smart he is, he's still a young teenager and there's no getting past that.
The prefrontal cortex is the part of the brain that controls reasoning and impulses. Especially when it comes to things like planning ahead, avoiding risk, and knowing that accepting a job from the Riddler is probably a bad choice. It doesn't start developing until right around Jimmy's age and isn't finished until a person's mid-twenties, and that's why all teenagers act like idiots no matter how smart they are. They just don't think things all the way through before they do them very much - it's the nature of the age group. And that doesn't just apply to the situation Jimmy's gotten himself into now, but any other future situation if Edward insists on hanging onto the boy.
If Edward sees potential in him, Nina's rather of the opinion that he should have given the kid at least a couple more years to get that much more mature first. Especially given that Edward is just not the type to be understanding when someone makes a mistake. But arguing over all of that is definitely not something that Nina wants to do since she feels no need to do more than indicate that she doesn't approve and now she's explained why. What, if anything, Edward does as a result of knowing that is now up to him.
She takes a sip from her glass as if physically putting a bookend on that line of thought before she starts a new one. "But now I'm curious: how do you plan to take advantage of that?" she asks, reflecting even as she asks the question that she can't really remember asking Edward such a direct question about anything like this before. She'd been worried that it would be taken as her nosing around a bit too closely into something that has nothing to do with her. Perhaps she feels more confident about his reaction because she'd just told him why she has an interest in his plans in spite of the fact that she certainly wouldn't do anything with the information? And it's not like being direct stops him from refusing to answer at all - she's guessing that she has about a 50/50 chance of him telling her everything in order to brag about it and him saying nothing except that she ought to be able to figure it out herself.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2012 14:15:17 GMT -5
Her statement was true, and he had been noticing that flaw in many of Jimmy's actions. The boy acted like a little drama queen in one of the MTV shows, and it infuriated Edward to no end. He also never quite understood why the boy had decided to hate him. It was a random illogical decision on his part. Edward had offered the boy money, a life of infamy, and adventure. Edward had hardly said a mean word to the boy. It wasn't until the incident with Wu did Edward threaten his life again. He had only done that, after all, because the boy was being disobedient. He needed to remember what he signed up for, but Edward assumed that like an animal the boy could be properly trained.
"Luckily, I do not require much intellectual reasoning from my employees," he said in response to her statement. Allen was not the sharpest tool. The man could barely hold a conversation outside of weapons and southern culture. He still kept Allen around because he understood Edward's one rule: listen and obey.
Nina's next question causes Edward's brow to lift on his forehead. Nina had never expressed interest in his work, yet in one day she had done so too many times to count on one hand. It was strange, and while normally he would become paranoid that something was up, he understood the true reason was that she was becoming more comfortable asking these questions. The confused expression left his face as a smirk appeared. "I have a theory about some members in the Bat family," he began, "There relation with Gordon is far too suspicious for me not to look into that riddle. The actual kinks in the plan, I haven't worked out, but lets just say I'm going to do experiment and see if it works." He could have expanded, but he doubted Nina wanted to hear about the dangerous situation he was going to stick the boy in. The boy could possibly die in it, but that would be the Bat families fault not his.
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Post by Nina Stenet on Jan 16, 2012 16:59:28 GMT -5
Nina's eyebrow rises notably at his response, but she doesn't comment further. While Edward may not require much by way of actual intelligence from his employees, he does seem to expect a certain amount of reasoning ability. Allen may not be particularly intelligent, but he is a very sensible person. Robby was too. Asking the same thing from Jimmy may be asking too much, which Nina can only assume will end very badly for Jimmy if Edward doesn't exercise more patience than she's used to seeing from him.
But her mind quickly shifts onto the answer to her question. And she must say that she likes how much more comfortable things suddenly seem to her - she didn't realize how uncomfortable it made her feel to hold back on her questions until his answer proves that its unnecessary. "More than just helping each other?" she asks thoughtfully. The bat signal is proof that Batman and the police have a working relationship of some sort. Or at least, they did before the FBI arrived - she doesn't recall seeing it since then. More than that she doesn't know, but since she doesn't really care to find out anyone's identity the only way that matters to her personally is whether and when the video she gave Gordon will be seen by Batman.
She's expecting that it will, though if Edward is saying that the relation between the two of them is 'suspicious', that pretty much confirms it - even if his suspicions are false, that indicates that the connection between the two of them is probably strong enough to still be functioning at some level even with the FBI around. And she'd picked Gordon specifically because it was an easy guess that the man was not a fan of the FBI and would make what use he could out of the evidence she gave him. Knowing that Batman would definitely have access to it too only pleases her further. It's probably a long shot hoping that there may be something the legal system can do, but that hadn't been the point of that part of her plan - the point was making absolutely certain the right people are firmly on her side later.
"Interesting..." is all that she says at first, obviously lost in thought for a few moments as she mulls everything that brought to mind over. "The hard part would be sorting through which, if any, of their reactions are based on a personal connection, and which aren't. And, of course, what those reactions mean," she comments once she snaps herself out of her own thoughts. And she personally hasn't the slightest clue how one would go about organizing it to make any of that easier. Hence why it's how Edward does things that she finds so impressive - that's where all the difficulty is. Though she'd have to be stupid not to guess that whatever the partially formed plan is, it has something to do with putting Jimmy in severe danger.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2012 1:44:03 GMT -5
He couldn't stop him self from letting out a laugh as he pushed his chair away from the table. Determining whether the emotions and intent were based on something more or just based on the necessity to save someone was something Edward could determine easily. Edward had been playing this game with Batman for years, and you don't play this game without understanding the other player's tells. Batman acted a certain way when he saved a random civilian and a different way when he saved someone like Robin. There is a personal emotion that people cannot push away from, and even Batman, who came off as cold and marble like easily gave away his feelings.
He picked up his bowl and chopsticks and moved towards the kitchen. "Dear, I might not have the exact details of the incident determined at the moment, but even the simplest of variables could give me valuable information. For example, a person seeing their love one in trouble is more likely to move quicker in attempts to save them while a stranger causes the speed to slow ever so slightly....that is assuming the person would save anyone to begin with," he muttered the last part of his cynical statement.
He placed the bowl into the sink. "When I do have it more ironed out I can explain the subtle clues more obviously, but as I mentioned before, this currently is something I am toying with out of boredom," he said and walked back towards her.
"Are you finished?" he asked softly before waiting for an answer. He then picked up her bowl with his free hand, but as he picked up the bowl he bent his face closer to hers and pressed a quick kiss on top of her hair. "I must take a shower though. There are some things I have to settle, and I do not believe they will take me seriously when I am half clothed."
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"Great acts are made up of small deeds." - Lao Tzu
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Post by Nina Stenet on Jan 21, 2012 3:05:13 GMT -5
This is probably the first time that Nina's ever heard Edward talk about something in this stage of development. Everything else she only saw or heard about were at least to the point where he had the core part of the plan in place and was simply working out the details.
And she must say, that in spite of the fact that it'll definitely involve putting Jimmy at risk for something so pointless as finding out someone's identity, she's actually now extremely curious about what the setup of this plan will be. In spite of Edward's waving off just how tricky it could all be, she knows that it really is difficult: it's a bit like watching a chess master playing a match - even if a particular match isn't that difficult for him, someone who only knows the basics of the game can't help but be impressed by how well planned his moves are. While she knows that it's possible to set up a situation that's designed to prompt someone to reveal their connection or not to another person, it's not like she has any clue herself how one goes about doing that. Mostly because she'd simply never do such a thing - she lays awake at night mulling over chemical formulas, not how to manipulate people. So it's with complete sincerity that she comments, "Well, I'd like to hear it when you're further along."
When he then asks if she's finished, there's a pause as she actually has to glance at the bowl to determine that - she'd gotten so caught up by the conversation that she hadn't been consciously aware of exactly when she'd finished her dinner and started to idly sip her wine instead. Edward is just that distracting. "Yes," she replies, with a thankful smile. She's physically tired herself out all too quickly so she doubly appreciates him collecting the dishes - means she has to move less.
And his comment about the way he's dressed causes her to smirk as she looks him over. "I think you look fine," she says with a lewd grin. Of course, he'd have to try really, really hard to make her heavily biased opinion be anything but positive about his appearance. Especially given the cause of his current state of dress - no, he looks just about perfect to her right now.
Even so, she can't help the slightly disappointed look that comes to her face a moment later at the thought of him going. While she isn't normally a clingy sort of person, she really doesn't have much to do with herself when he's away right now. Not anything that can hold a candle to being with him, anyway. "Do you know when you'll be back?" she asks idly.
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