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Oh you martyr. Kanaya Maryam, taking up the wayward vampire children so she can use it to guilt everybody later on. [ you can hear the eyeroll accompanying his words. ]

If his progeny had any sense, they'd realize what a blessing immortality is. They'd also get the hell out of dodge, but I suppose it's hard to escape indoctrination.

Escaping indoctrination is why I got Natalie away from you! And the others? He just left them to their own devices, when I didn't have to stop him from killing them!

This is absolutely something he should bear guilt for!

There's a difference between bearing guilt and bearing so much needless guilt that you jail yourself for it.

[ Dorian's morals: kind of really fucked. ]

It isn't needless!

[ Too bad Dorian didn't go with video, he can't see all the hilariously angry handwaving she's doing. ]

Have you even stopped to think how much he's hurt these people?! Or are you so busy thinking they should be grateful that he's upended their lives!

The only reason he stopped is because he was threatened and forced to. Jail is exactly where someone like that belongs. And if you're so cross with being separated, maybe you should offer to share his bunk!

They have immortality, of course they should be grateful!

[ whereas Dorian is just doing huffy pouting on his end. ]

If you gave even a little bit of a damn about Toby, you would have asked about his circumstances before trumpeting him as a vampire terror or what have you.

When have I indicated that I've ever given a damn about Toby? Under different circumstances, I might more sympathetic, but when I first met him he was trying to kill an innocent man!

That isn't a situation that calls for talk, but action. And ever since, all I've had to hear from him or you are whinging and excuses.

For a damn good reason! He literally came back to life back home and then a few days later gets shoved into this place, I think excuses are justifiable.

[ Dorian...probably shouldn't be telling Kanaya this, but he's too wrapped up in being shouty at her to notice these things. ]

I'm sure that will make Martin feel so much better. Why don't you try telling that to his children?

[ to which Dorian's inner monologue is "who the hell's Martin?" ]

Why can't Martin tell that to his children himself?

He's only just getting to the point where he's not afraid of himself enough to visit them. He still can't bring himself to sleep in the same house, doesn't want them to wake up to find him standing over them the way Tobias had to him.

Somehow, I don't think "it's alright, the man who did this didn't mean to" will go over very well!

At least, in your mind he's only just getting to the point where he's not afraid of himself enough to visit them. I'm sure that, if he were willing and not held hostage in your gilded cage, he or one of the others would have left you by now.

You have no idea what their circumstances are, if you think they're hostages. Natalie was a hostage, before I freed her from you.

These are people with their own lives, their own jobs. I don't even live in the same city as them! I feed them, I help them as I can. But the whole point is to let them live on their own.

Live on their own as long as they've got regular check-ins with Matron Maryam, that is. The only way they'll properly learn what to do or what not to do is if you cut all ties. Experience is the best teacher.

You're acting like my role is a parole officer, when it's closer to a social worker. They don't check in, I do. And I can't well cut all ties when I'm providing their meals.

Why do you think I'd take your shitty advice, anyway? And it really is, I don't think anyone has ever given shittier advice than "cut off four vampires from their primary food source and let them find it on their own!"

And what happens when something happens to you? You're an imPort, you're running around with this Archangel nonsense and you're a child. I took a shot at you once, other people will as well. You're going to screw up or get killed eventually and then what? You'll have four helpless vampires on your hands. Stop trying to be an adult and just let them go.

I haven't had the luxury of being a child for a very long time, Dorian. I'll work it out.

You, just fuck off.

[ And she hangs up. ]

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