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Mephistopheles listens intently as every breath was drawn, shaky, and even if they were connected by only means of a telephone line, the Fallen can hear the other’s already loud heart beating. There was a pause, and for a moment he was not sure if the other was still there, until the word was mentioned.
Control.
Power. This was not an uncommon thing to be asked from a mentally unstable boy, yet, at the same time, it was not common for a boy to ask for him. To be this desperate? The humans have sunk so LOW, it made him want to laugh. A smile covered his face as he continues to listen to every word that brimmed with a hint of madness in it. He has him.
“I am not in the habit of making business using the telephone. Shall we meet, then?”
“YES. Yes, oh, God, yes. Where- where do you want to meet? I mean- I’m downtown, I’m at the library we could- anywhere’s fine, really.” He’s gathering his papers as he says it, and the phone is pressed between his shoulder and his ear. There are a few awkward moments of shuffling and a few grunts as Maxwell gets his shit together. “OKAY, I’m outside the- I’m on the steps of the Library? Where do you... where should I wait?”








