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[ Someone may or may not have already been exploring the asteroid. Hard to tell, as the video appears to be back on Kauto.

This time, rather than picturing the orchard, there is a nice interior shot of his kitchen, along with the crashing of pans. Who the fuck knows. ]

Question to those of you who dabble or "don't dabble" in the clandestine arts. Where do you draw your moral line? Do you have a moral line for short term ... shall we say results and perhaps a separate moral line for the longer projects?

If you potentially had access to a methodology that would extend your prospects of survival in a long term op, but it was seriously sketchy from the moral side of things, would you pursue it?

[ On that note there is a massive crash and the sound of some very inventive cursing, before he continues. ]

Alright, that's it. Civilian life is driving me right over the edge. It's either find someone to fight or the other word that begins with 'eff'. As my requirements for the former are more easily achieved than the latter so let's stick with the former.

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Yeah no shit, but at what point do you stop looking into the abyss and become it? Is there a measuring point?

I think that's a bit of an invasive question for a first date. Let's stick to hypothetical for now.

[ The last part actually prompts an exhale from the other end, bordering on a dry laugh. ]

Depends on what your hard limits are. Define 'abyss'.

How can I define something that is personal to each and every one of us?

[ Though there is no dry laughter from him, there is a rueful tint to the words. ]

Sounds like you're looking for a philosophical debate.

[ No patronization there: matter-of-fact, with syllables enunciated between his teeth.

He takes a moment to breathe. ]

What are you willing to live with?

I'm honestly not. [ There was a pause and then a slight amendment. ] I don't know, maybe I am but ...

[ He trailed off and then jumped back from a different tact. ]

"Willing" to live with? Sometimes you don't get an option.

[ Venom Snake's entire shtick is wading through the philosophical quandaries that his companions level at him on the regular, so he has patience in spades— his only response to the start and stutter of Adrien's initial approach is a quiet huff, an auditory tip of the head. Waiting.

The payoff prompts his own silence, a brief stretch. He breaks it without much ceremony. ]

Now it sounds like you want someone to talk you out of jumping off a cliff.

To late.

[ Pause.

Wait.

Okay, amending that. ]

Metaphorically speaking.

[ ah............. ]

So this isn't rhetorical.

[ WAS IT EVER THO, come on Venom ]

I said.

High. Level.

[ He can't bring himself to completely deny it, but he's not going too far down the rabbit hole just yet. ]

Is it gonna be a problem for the rest of us?

[ Whatever abyss Adrien is looking into, Venom means. If the good doctor's already fallen off the proverbial cliff and has done something potentially 'Bad' (the term is trite), it's a point of concern. ]

No.

[ Simple but to the point and emphatic. ]

[ A long breath. ]

So. Just to you.

[ Because he's assuming it's A Problem. Probably not his business, but they're on the subject. ]

It is my intention it always remain that way.

Right now, I truly am speaking in pure hypothetical.

[ Venom spares no judgment for that conclusion; he's military, and he understands with a degree of intimacy that some things are more easily kept internalized.

He's also taciturn on a good day, so a stretch of silence follows Adrien's last remark. ]

Pretty obtuse. 'Hypothetically' speaking, what kind of cliff did you already jump over?

[ If someone actually measured the length of their silences against the actual utterance of words, there would be a definite favor towards the former.

Adrien was quiet for a long moment, if only because he was trying to find a way to explain it that didn't sound cliche as fuck. ]

The kind of cliff, where you take people with you, even if you never wished for such a thing.

[ The truth is that sometimes the most pertinent life events wind up sounding like trite cliches— Venom has a sigh to breathe for it. ]

Last question, then. What kind of advice are you looking for?

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