Impressive.

[yancey]

Thank you, Cole.

You have, in one action, completely validated my fears. What better way to show that I'm right about you being too violent, too unstable, and too frankly dangerous to be around your son than to assault his grandparents and kidnap his aunt, who are all completely uninvolved? And if this doesn't work, perhaps he'll threaten to

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[cole_turner]

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Shut up, Slide.

To deal with someone as low as you, I had to sink to your level. At least Morrigan knows her sister is safe and comfortable. The same cannot be said of her son.

[yancey]

Yes, as safe and comfortable as her parents were last night when you attacked them in their own home.

Balor is with his uncle, while Magda is off somewhere at the mercy of the former Source of All Evil. How do you think that sits with your precious Morrigan, hmmmm? Knowing you, you've likely moved her from whatever accomodations you had her in when Morrigan saw her last night because in your heightened state of self-induced paranoia, you don't even feel as though you can trust her. Does your precious witch know where she is, Cole? Would she condone your act of kidnapping? Or would she have an issue with this as your hostage is half-human and has turned her back on her former life?

Let's face it, Cole... You're out of control. Perhaps if you'd agree to having your powers bound we could come to an agreement. Until then, you're a danger to everyone around you. How can I, in any form of good conscience, allow an innocent child to be endangered by you?

[cole_turner]

Get your facts straight, Slide. I came seeking Matthias. Morrigan's mother was in no danger, and her father choose to involve himself by allying with his son. If Matthias had chosen wisely, he would've given me Balor and ended this unpleasant situation. But he, like you, is a creature of evil, and cannot be reasoned with.

Don't take the high road with me, Slide. I know your kind. Force is the only language a demon knows. You have no conscience, or you would've never taken Balor from Morrigan in the first place. Your miserable excuse for a soul is a joke.

[yancey]

Oddly, conscience is exactly why I removed him from the situation. Your own lack of one, on one side, and the unignorable prompting of mine, on the other.

I admire your audacity, Cole, truly I do. Kidnap people who are uninvolved and threatening them is truly the moral high road. Do you have even the slightest clue how someone with a soul would behave? Here's a clue; random mayhem is not it.

Creature of evil? Pot, this is kettle, with an urgent message...

[cole_turner]

Your hypocrisy is showing.

[yancey]

My hypocrisy?

I never claimed to be but what I am, a lowly Zhotar inexplicably stuck with a soul.

You, however... mighty Cole Turner, warrior for the light, who turned his back on evil and fights the good fight for truth, justice and the Halliwell way... nice to see that the rules of civilised behaviour that everyone else lives by are not applied to you.

I committed an act that will have repercussions, and I will surely pay the price. But I did what I did out of concern for an innocent... You hurt random people in a fit of pique. It's a pattern, Cole. Admit it, admit that to you, the side that you're on is your own, and good and evil can go hang.

[cole_turner]

You know nothing about me, Slide. Nothing. Don't you dare judge me.

[yancey]

Hitler painted roses. Didn't make him not Hitler.

We judge people by their actions.

What mitigating factors make up for the damage caused, lives ruined?

Justify yourself, Cole, please. I await the rationalisations with bated breath.