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[goldenglasses]

KNIVES! [Vash sounds livid when his voice suddenly booms into his brother's head.] Did you really give Legato orders to bring me home!?

[arkfall]

You haven't come home.

[goldenglasses]

You-- You did!! You can't DO that Knives! You can't decide when I do and don't come home! That's not your choice to make! [Technically in Duplicity yes it is, but that's not the lesson Vash is hoping Knives will learn.]

And you could have asked me to come home first!

[arkfall]

Sending Legato is me telling you to come home. He is an extension of me, an amplifier of my needs.

[goldenglasses]

Yeah, well, he was willing to hurt someone to follow your orders. So do me a favor and don't do that again. Call me. Either between us or on my phone. Don't send Legato after me.

[arkfall]

Why would he have to hurt someone if you simply came with him?

[goldenglasses]

Because you can't just order me around Knives! I don't have to come when you call! [Again this city says otherwise thanks to that tattoo on Vash's neck, but he's still trying to make a point.] I am your brother and not your servant. I will almost always come home if you just ask me, but I won't or can't always drop everything I'm in the middle of to do that!

[arkfall]

Wrong. You are mine. You signed a contract and willingly made yourself bound to me. You, like Legato, belong to me. If I send one submissive to retrieve another you've no right to complain.

[goldenglasses]

I do NOT belong to you! I am not something that you own and neither is Legato! We're people, Knives! Treat us like your friends and family and not as things.

[arkfall]

You are family, but that doesn't make you belong to me any less.

[goldenglasses]

That's wrong! You're wrong, Knvies! Why do you think you own me? You don't.

[arkfall]

Why wouldn't I?

[goldenglasses]

Because it's not right! I shouldn't have to explain why.

[arkfall]

You willingly gave yourself to me to protect others. Should I perhaps be the one to collect you now?

It sounds like Legato failed at his task.

[goldenglasses]

Don't do this Knives. I'll come home when I'm ready. You don't need to send anyone after me anymore.

[arkfall]

I want you to come home now.

[goldenglasses]

And I think we need some space right now. I'll be home later.

[arkfall]

No. You and Legato should return home.

[goldenglasses]

No. I have things I need to do and you can't always get what you want all the time Knives.

So I'll be home later. Around ten.

[arkfall]

Then I'll come get you.

[goldenglasses]

You come after me and I'll stay away from you longer. Just give me some space! [In fact Knives may feel that his brother, who once was close to home, suddenly is turning away and walking away.]

[arkfall]

Just come home, Vash. No one else needs to get hurt due to your stubbornness.

[goldenglasses]

No one needs to get hurt if you stop being a baby.

If you're not hurt then I'll see you tomorrow morning. I'm camping out tonight. Maybe tomorrow you'll be more clear headed again.

[arkfall]

You're camping?

What happened to Legato? He wouldn't stop coming after you on his own.

[goldenglasses]

[...]

He wouldn't take no for an answer and I shot him. [He's not very proud of that.]