( we don't fight fair / and do it in the dark. )

[icarusalsoflew]

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[iamvice]

TO: RILEY FALNER
I'm pretty sure he doesn't.
That sucks.

[For Hikaru, anyway, but he's the one who stands to lose the most. The rest of them are just going to be on the sidelines of this whole mess.]

[conscient]

TO: JESSIAH VICE
Do you think Hikaru knows?

[ Setting his phone down on his lap now as he's bringing out his cigar case. ]

[iamvice]

TO: RILEY FALNER
About what, specifically? Josh having no clue?

[conscient]

TO: JESSIAH VICE
That, and the simple matter of how Mr. LaRue's convinced himself
that he is in the State of the Unrequited.

[ The boy has been sticking close for the last three years, doing everything he can to support the Blade King in his own manner. It's not quite Rethe Kyriff angsting over one Aidan Clayce, thank goodness for that. For one, the boy doesn't have as much time as the angel.

For another... well.

Riley's turning his gaze away as the Joshua excuses himself from the Hall. Those shoulders looked a little too stiff, but Hikaru's compromised and likely wouldn't have noticed. ]

[iamvice]

TO: RILEY FALNER
Oh.

Well, trust me when I say that he has No Idea.

[Capitalization for emphasis. Of course Hikaru Shinta's a blimey idiot who "doesn't want to ruin a good thing". That sort of resolve means that he's blinded himself to the possibilities on purpose.]