[Both personally as Lazarus and secondhand as L. That's one thing Lazarus has in common with his Other, the tendency to push the envelope until bad things happen. It's not that he's blithe to consequences; it's that he believes, sincerely, that there are causes worth risking them for.
It's a very dangerous way to think, but it offers him the chance to feel that small sense of kinship with Cesar for something else.]
Even if he made it look easy, it wasn't... if he had those wits and that strength, you must as well, even if it hasn't been realized to its full extent yet.
[He doesn't startle at Cesar's touch. Maybe he was expecting it this time, to at least some degree.]
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[Both personally as Lazarus and secondhand as L. That's one thing Lazarus has in common with his Other, the tendency to push the envelope until bad things happen. It's not that he's blithe to consequences; it's that he believes, sincerely, that there are causes worth risking them for.
It's a very dangerous way to think, but it offers him the chance to feel that small sense of kinship with Cesar for something else.]
Even if he made it look easy, it wasn't... if he had those wits and that strength, you must as well, even if it hasn't been realized to its full extent yet.
[He doesn't startle at Cesar's touch. Maybe he was expecting it this time, to at least some degree.]
Is it finished?