[You don't think they needed those soap opera shenanigans to happen, and yet the Admiral has made it clear that they do? Walter can barely smooth over the sneer on his face. He's got to at least try and act the part of the friend not helping him enough.]
Yes, of course; I should give this the thought it deserves.
[As much thought as Ethan actually put into this. Which is none. The reason Walter gets up to finish his milk all at once and put it onto a counter is simply to make sure the glass doesn't break in his hands.
Having a room with actual space to walk from a big sofa to somewhere else reminds Walter of... something. Not even the hotel in New York had this much space, was it... his houseboat? Hit him! Misty shrieks in his earpiece. Hit him, right now! Yes, he's walking to pick up that little rotary saw to interrogate that guy (how odd that he mentioned Jeff).
As a general rule, Walter does not do "angry". He does bitter. He does cold. He does sociopathic. But contrary to popular belief, he really doesn't do angry. The last time he's felt such rage... Probably when he processed how Malcolm snapped at him, his paired inmate, that the mere idea of abuse of power, of inmates being beneath him, was absurd?]
Ah, yes, excuse me. Well. Using satire to make my point does not mean I'm not taking this seriously. Perhaps this will be clear enough: How many wardens does it take to change a lightbulb? One, [he holds up one finger then hisses:] but the lightbulb has to really want to change.
[Ethan's feelings being hurt feels good. Why not give him a tiny taste of the betrayal inmates constantly go through? If everyone thinks Walter is a degrading asshole, he might as well do it on purpose.]
If change must be incremental, then surely it can't be forced in any way at all? I haven't been heavy-handedly helping him graduate; I've been helping him. I'll admit I accidentally got a little overzealous getting across how much I hoped the port would be good for his mental health, but we've worked it out. We still went up to the city together. I was there for him, all sorts of things we went through together, and you very clearly were not. So, yes, if you know Pyotr Stepanovich so little that you can't even identify what he so badly needs to change - trust issues, for instance - I suggest you go on your way.
[Awkwardly, though even this nebbishness could be an affectation, he doesn't even know the difference himself:] From him, that is, I know this is your domicile from which I'll soon enough see myself out.
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Date: 2025-05-15 10:59 pm (UTC)Yes, of course; I should give this the thought it deserves.
[As much thought as Ethan actually put into this. Which is none. The reason Walter gets up to finish his milk all at once and put it onto a counter is simply to make sure the glass doesn't break in his hands.
Having a room with actual space to walk from a big sofa to somewhere else reminds Walter of... something. Not even the hotel in New York had this much space, was it... his houseboat? Hit him! Misty shrieks in his earpiece. Hit him, right now! Yes, he's walking to pick up that little rotary saw to interrogate that guy (how odd that he mentioned Jeff).
As a general rule, Walter does not do "angry". He does bitter. He does cold. He does sociopathic. But contrary to popular belief, he really doesn't do angry. The last time he's felt such rage... Probably when he processed how Malcolm snapped at him, his paired inmate, that the mere idea of abuse of power, of inmates being beneath him, was absurd?]
Ah, yes, excuse me. Well. Using satire to make my point does not mean I'm not taking this seriously. Perhaps this will be clear enough: How many wardens does it take to change a lightbulb? One, [he holds up one finger then hisses:] but the lightbulb has to really want to change.
[Ethan's feelings being hurt feels good. Why not give him a tiny taste of the betrayal inmates constantly go through? If everyone thinks Walter is a degrading asshole, he might as well do it on purpose.]
If change must be incremental, then surely it can't be forced in any way at all? I haven't been heavy-handedly helping him graduate; I've been helping him. I'll admit I accidentally got a little overzealous getting across how much I hoped the port would be good for his mental health, but we've worked it out. We still went up to the city together. I was there for him, all sorts of things we went through together, and you very clearly were not. So, yes, if you know Pyotr Stepanovich so little that you can't even identify what he so badly needs to change - trust issues, for instance - I suggest you go on your way.
[Awkwardly, though even this nebbishness could be an affectation, he doesn't even know the difference himself:] From him, that is, I know this is your domicile from which I'll soon enough see myself out.