[ It's not long after his call to Delta that North decides he ought to get his other piece of unfinished business taken care of. Thankfully it turns out taking care of it without interruptions will be easy enough—after dinner somehow he and Malcolm end up alone in the same room together and he decides to take his chance. ]
[The past few days have certainly been something, today especially. That North has chosen this evening to talk to him is--curious. The paranoid worrywart part wonders if he isn't going to like what this talk is about, but he gives North an interested look.]
[ He squares his shoulders. No point beating around the bush, no matter how much there's always going to be a part of him deep inside that feels like making excuses for what he did. Because actually there is no excuse. He fully knew what decision he was making when he made it. ]
I know I already apologized for what happened between me and York, but frankly, I wasn't at all sincere when I said it. So I just want to say, I made a deliberate choice in doing what I did and it was wrong of me. And I am sorry.
...Thank you. Consider the apology accepted. [That's not how he felt before, when it was the hot button issue between them, but things changed. His momentary surprise melts into a lick of his lips, a stiffened stance.] And I'd like to apologize in return for how I reacted. I hadn't understood it at the time, but I ended up experiencing...similar reactions. To reflections, touched deliberately or accidentally. I was harsh with you. Perhaps unfairly so.
I don't think so, actually. I had an attitude. And I was in the wrong. It's true, I was immersed in something I couldn't control, but how I reacted to it was completely in my control, and I made the wrong choice.
You were acting on what felt incredibly real. [But there is always the choice to not act on it. He discovered that, too. There's a hint of a smirk on his face.] But you did have an attitude about it, as I recall, it's true.
He does seem to have his moments like that. [They all do. He gives a smile, relaxing his shoulders.] Still, I'll not hound you on all the gritty details like I did before. It's all moving behind us now.
It is. [ The lingering attraction to York is fading and he's unwaveringly loyal to Wrath now. So Malcolm's words are true for him as much as they are for anyone. ] Thank you for understanding.
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Day 171 | Evening | Action
Hey, Malcolm. I was hoping we could talk.
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Oh yes? All right then, I've got the time.
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I know I already apologized for what happened between me and York, but frankly, I wasn't at all sincere when I said it. So I just want to say, I made a deliberate choice in doing what I did and it was wrong of me. And I am sorry.
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I don't think so, actually. I had an attitude. And I was in the wrong. It's true, I was immersed in something I couldn't control, but how I reacted to it was completely in my control, and I made the wrong choice.
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I did. I didn't want to be confronted for it. York had said some very hurtful things in the aftermath and I was mostly wrapped up in that at the time.
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