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[playingtough]

_{[Oh he's angry. It's a sort of grief he doesn't know how to handle so it boils over in the worst way for Hargrove.]}

WHERE THE FUCK IS MY SISTER?!

_{[There's a crash of something, though there's no telling where he is at the moment. Oh wait, the sound of metal weights crashing to the floor as he topples the rack. Yeah, he's upset.]}

WHERE IS SHE!? HER NAME ISN'T IN THE PHONE!!

_{[That last sentence as some bits of air between the words as he knocks something else over. Then his heavy footsteps are moving again.]}

I'M GOING TO RIP THOSE FUCKING ALIENS APART. THEY CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS SHIT!!

_{[And then he's yelling, the phone drops away as he lets go to do... something. A something that becomes very evident with the found of glass breaking and more yelling.]}

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[playingtough]

I HAVE AN OUTLET!!

<sub>[Just not a healthy one. It’s a very good thing he doesn’t have his axe weapon right now, or the knife Soldier gave him awhile ago. Unfortunately prt of the outlet seems to be picking up a heavy disc weight and slinging it towards his mentor.

Grief and rage could be a powerful thing.]</sub>

[sinistral]

[At least he has a mentor who can actually catch that kind of projectile. And not suffer any injury from it. It doesn't exactly sound great though, the impact of metal weight against metal hand. Maybe that will get through to Hargrove?

Or maybe not. But at least it's not another hole in the wall.]

And when you've destroyed one of your favorite facilities, what then?

[playingtough]

_{[Maybe two, because maybe Gladio can as well. But he's not here to be tested and Soldier has achieved his goal - he has Billy's attention.]}

THIS ISN'T MY FAVORITE--

_{[He runs at Soldier, already curling his injured hand into a fist for a punch. He had moved into the civics center during the winter months at Max's and Robin's pushy requests. Getting upstairs and finding that letter——]}

[sinistral]

[Gladio isn't here though, not at the current moment. Is that a good thing? A bad thing? Neither? It probably doesn't matter which, because it's just reality.

And at least he's caught Billy's attention, so perhaps the walls and windows will be saved further abuse. They're not as easily fixed as any bruises Billy might give his mentor. He could stop Billy by wrapping him up, restraining him until the struggle bleeds out of him. But that seems a breach of trust, and the Soldier doesn't feel right about it. Better to deflect that fist with his right hand, let Billy work out whatever energy he desires. When he tires, he may be more open to talking. Or not talking, and just not destroying things either.]

[playingtough]

<sub>[It would be a breach of trust and something that would just make Billy fight harder. There was a reason Gladio did the training in a very hands-off manner.

His hand gets deflected with an ease that would infuriate him more, if the action didn’t brush against his glass injured knuckles. He yells and doesn’t go back for another try. Nope, Billy cradles his hand instead and turns on heel as though waiting for Soldier to attack back. The guy is breathing heavy already, evidently worn out from tearing the gym apart.]</sub>

The fuck do you want out of me, Soldier?