That was… good actually. Leaving it there was smart. She should have left him there with it - but that was something that neither of them could change, even if she wanted to. Which evidently, she did not.
When she cut the ties, and threw the tablets, he untwisted the bottle lid and threw two into his mouth and swallowed, then rubbed the side of his head. His wrists were sore from the ties, but that was something he could get over. He let out a breath as she talked. He wasn’t going to fool her, was he? She seemed dead set on believing there was SOME OTHER REASON.
The fact that there was, wasn’t important.
So he could stick to his story, go down with the ship. Or try a different tactic. He pinched the bridge of his nose and shut his eyes. “What is it you WISH to hear? That I let you go because I despise Zavier and all that he stands for, that I’ve been working for the man for over twenty years, that he saved my life, yet would betray him for strangers?” This was, actually the truth. “Do you wish me to say that I’ve been working AGAINST him on the inside for many years? Attempting to save the lives of Visitors?”
It was a risk, but he could always try and pass it off as giving her what she wanted to hear, should word of this get back to Zavier.
“Tell me, Miss Lance, if this information was TRUE, what would you do with it?”
WHAT IS IT SHE WISHED to hear?? God, a lot of things at this point, but the biggest one would always be that Reese could stop running. That she could live FREE. That she would be okay in the end. Given that Keiran probably couldn’t tell her that himself, she would settle for why he was going to help them, as subtle as it would be. She would sit && she would listen, && then she’d decide her next approach to this mission; where she’d take Reese next.
“HONESTLY, HEARING ALL THAT MAKES my day.” She said with a breath of relief, folding her hands together. “Twenty years is a l o n g time to be working for the devil. I’d be surprised if anyone could take that much darkness for that long && still come out wanting to be like him.” Dinah said, taking a deep breath. She’d faced her own darkness for a long time, but never for that long.
THE QUESTION OF WHAT SHE’D do with it stumped her a bit too, because she could easily use this to buy some time with Tasker. But she knew at the end of the day, he would never stop coming after Reese. The only solution was to stand && fight against him, or keep running until someone else figured out how to stop him.
“I’D KEEP IT TO MYSELF.” She said simply, a slight shrug pulling at her shoulders. “It doesn’t do me any good to sell you out- Reese is the only thing important to me, && me telling Tasker you’re rogue wouldn’t H E L P with that.” If he even labeled himself as rogue. Maybe he was still pretending to be one of Tasker’s men, but at this point, she really didn’t care.
AFTER A BEAT, DINAH NODDED. “So I let you go, tell you where your WED is, && you say that me && her escaped. Tasker nods, you go on your merry way && so do we. That’s it??” She asked, almost refusing to believe it was that easy.
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