"Fucking excellent," Rush says crisply, passing a hand through his hair. Gabriel is unlikely to be deeply pleased with (a) his role in aggravating several of the fellow building residents, (b) his role in ROMAC's imminent and, ideally, permanent dissolution, or (c) the unfortunate matter of the dead person on the floor above whose death did not actually leave behind a verifiable body.
He is certain the archangel will not forcibly evict him.
He is reasonably certain the archangel will not forcibly evict him.
That would not be tremendously ideal, given the circumstances.
Rush halts once they are outside the building and briefly considers his appropriated sidearm, but does not discard it. He will not be traveling back to Hell's Kitchen while utterly defenseless. That would be absurd.
"Yes, well." He shoots each of them a short nod, his stare lingering on Asadi a shade longer than necessary to communicate something he is not altogether willing to define. "I imagine they'll have - rather significant trouble regrouping."
That is, perhaps, not the standard statement to communicate assurance and farewell, but he's confident Asadi will understand.
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He is certain the archangel will not forcibly evict him.
He is reasonably certain the archangel will not forcibly evict him.
That would not be tremendously ideal, given the circumstances.
Rush halts once they are outside the building and briefly considers his appropriated sidearm, but does not discard it. He will not be traveling back to Hell's Kitchen while utterly defenseless. That would be absurd.
"Yes, well." He shoots each of them a short nod, his stare lingering on Asadi a shade longer than necessary to communicate something he is not altogether willing to define. "I imagine they'll have - rather significant trouble regrouping."
That is, perhaps, not the standard statement to communicate assurance and farewell, but he's confident Asadi will understand.