Malik is dead silent afterwards, the faintest sizzle of static electricity starts in the air before an iron mask of calm goes over his features.
He knows he should say something, but getting a handle on the creeping rage first is more important. First though, is a hiss of what are somewhat easily identified as cursing in language that sounds vaguely greek in some of the pronunciations.
"Leonardo was not the one who manipulated the situation, and neither are you or Alcuin or myself." He said, voice tight and livid. "It was not me that Leonardo was referring to in your conversation. It is him that I am angry at in this, not you."
He paces away, mostly to give space between himself and Delaunay if he loses control but also because it has always been easier to think clearly when moving.
"There was.... a, and I use this term loosely, man who was once here that Leonardo knew from home. He had the terrible predisposition to think with the head closest to his anus as opposed to the one closest to his heart when it came to those around him."
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He knows he should say something, but getting a handle on the creeping rage first is more important. First though, is a hiss of what are somewhat easily identified as cursing in language that sounds vaguely greek in some of the pronunciations.
"Leonardo was not the one who manipulated the situation, and neither are you or Alcuin or myself." He said, voice tight and livid. "It was not me that Leonardo was referring to in your conversation. It is him that I am angry at in this, not you."
He paces away, mostly to give space between himself and Delaunay if he loses control but also because it has always been easier to think clearly when moving.
"There was.... a, and I use this term loosely, man who was once here that Leonardo knew from home. He had the terrible predisposition to think with the head closest to his anus as opposed to the one closest to his heart when it came to those around him."