[It's another few minutes before the door opens and Rude slips in. He moves quietly, closing it behind him. Once that's done he toes off his shoes slowly and then crosses to pull that ball of blankets into his arms.]
[ laughing weakly as he's dragged over in his blanket cocoon. he doesn't sound especially upset, just awkward. it's a cool day in hell when Reno sounds awkward. ]
[ heh. he grins weakly. rude always knows just what dumb stuff to do to cheer him up. ]
No... I want you to know. I think you're probably the only person who wouldn't give me grief about it. I always—felt like I had something to prove, but you know already. My, uh... value, I guess.
[ he says "value" like it's a load of bullshit, but there isn't really any other way to put it. ]
... just sitting here like 'what if reno was another shinra bastard but who took more after his mom?
[Well, Rude has known him for an insanely long period of time, hasn't he?]
You're one of the most dangerous men in the world. Working as a senior member of the intelligence arm of the most powerful company and nation in the world. You've got nothing to prove.
Ah, c'mon. You hear about this shit all the time. Stupid little assholes that came up from nothing and made names for themselves... Shinra's built on that.
[ it's also built on the really fucked up and terrible ways they utilize those stupid little assholes. but y'know. ]
[There are few who truly come up that way, and Reno knows it. At the highest level there aren't many who made it that way. The Turks tend to be an excpetion.]
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