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[cactusy]

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[tinstar]

Can't control how folks react, only how you respond to that reaction.

How far is he willin' to take that? Reactin' poorly, I mean.

[cactusy]

I don't know, and that's the concern. Look, this isn't... anything I don't already know. But I can't not care how he reacts. I need to put Graham and his needs first, but Bright is so close to the situation that there are huge ripple effects. And the more this situation balloons out of control, the more potentially disastrous it could be for Will. Malcolm doesn't understand why he's an inmate and doesn't get why he needs to change. Do you see why that's a problem?

[tinstar]

I do see why that's a problem. I am also not saying don't care how he reacts, that would be stupid, considerin' Malcolm's.. issues.

What I am sayin' is that you are not alone in being invested in this situation. I care about Malcolm, I care about bringing this tension down and I care about getting the situation to a calmer and more even ground.

If this isn't about trust, then do us a favor and let me help where I can. For you, for Will, for Malolm.

[cactusy]

I've been trying to do that. Zhao said I shouldn't post to the warden filter asking for help, but I've been trying to identify people who are both sympathetic to Bright and willing to call him on his crap, so that they can talk him down.

[tinstar]

I've got no problem going to the mat with Malcolm, and I have before. [Hell, he'd nearly shot or punched Malcolm at least four times before they came to a general understanding.]

Next time you need it..

[cactusy]

It also sounds like you unquestioningly believed his spin, though. You were calm and diplomatic and all that crap, but you still came in pretty hot with the whole "It was just self-defense, why are you doing this" thing.

[tinstar]

No, I took what he told me with a grain of salt because he only has his side and his point of view and that, sometimes, doesn't line up with with other people are trying to achieve when dancin' with his ability to hyperfocus and pick.

I agree with the idea and that doesn't mean that 'it's just self defense' is good enough, but in the big picture of it all, folks murder other folks all the time here - it highlights areas that need to be worked on but the only consequence worth worrying about at the forefront is stoppin' of a back and forth murder mash. Will killed someone, yes, but it's not the singular act of the murder that's so much the issue, it's the him snapping. I get that.

[cactusy]

It's partly him snapping, partly neither of us knowing for sure if Rawne will do his part to handle Avalon, and partly me not having had a clue that Avalon was up to their old tricks. I've been spending a lot of time with Graham, and I still missed this. My two priorities here are figuring out where those holes are and plugging 'em up, and keeping a close eye on Graham's mental and emotional state in the immediate aftermath of what happened.

[tinstar]

Sounds like you need to have a conversation with Rawne. Pin him down, grill him a little, see what he'll do.. Or determine what he won't do, either way.

It's a shitty way to find out someone's targetin' him, but now you know. [It meant she could move from that knowledge forward into other possibilities. It's the first part of 'fool me once'.] Did Graham not tell you he was bein'.. I dunno, stalked?

[Without Will's details about it, of which Raylan wasn't going to ask for because, quite frankly, Will was shouldering enough shit already and Raylan's curiosity to have the full picture didn't include pushing a fractured man right now.]

[cactusy]

Already done. And no, he didn't; we've been having conversations about why.

[tinstar]

And what, you're not sure that Rawne will follow through on his promises? Hmm. [He rubs at his brow and sighs.]

Feels like we're back at that big fuckin' table again, arguin' about Lestat's murder spree.

[cactusy]

God, that whole thing was so stupid.

I think Rawne is kinda unprepared for this, but hopefully he'll prove me wrong.

[tinstar]

Was it ever..

Well, I'll be hopin' along with you. Nothin' better to test what kind of warden he'll be.

I got lucky, in that regard, with Roman.

[cactusy]

Don't sell yourself short on how tough your job is; I wouldn't've lasted a day with that kid.

I feel like I got lucky with Graham.

[tinstar]

He does take a special kinda patience.

Whys that? [Not that he doubted the statement or Graham, he was just asking.]

[cactusy]

Well-- he's not going nuts over this, for one thing. I don't work too well with most of the people here, wardens or inmates, but I work well with him.