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Max's brow raised in dry amusement as he stared at Lilie silently for a few moments. Since when was she so passive aggressive? Did he piss her off or something? She did backtrack there at the end, so maybe she just slipped, which worked for him just fine. Eris didn't like her vampire anyway; they didn't need to be friends. Hell, Max didn't even consider himself Aaron's friend and he was actually [i]supposed[/i] to play nice with him.

[color=8585AD]"Wow,"[/color] The mage responded plainly. It was as good of a response as any. He couldn't insult her; she technically did what he wanted, and he was hardly the person to start policing people on their tone. Unfortunately, new girl either couldn't read the room or read it perfectly and wanted to try her luck with the guy even Lilie didn't like. How utterly annoying. And predictable in the worst possible way.

What was he supposed to say to that? Go be a cog in some vampiric baron's industrial complex? He didn't want to do anything; he was lazy. The fact that the economy existed to benefit tyrannical monsters was just icing on the cake. Not that his current position was any less degrading, but at least he got to tell Eris to fuck off on the regular.

[color=8585AD]"I think I'd be a great therapist,"[/color] Max answered humorlessly, though he was obviously struggling to hold in a snicker, [color=8585AD]"I dunno, probably some boring do-nothing job where you just look smart from a distance. Doesn't really matter though; no point theorizing about what could've or would've happened."[/color] Thinking about it would probably just make him mad anyway. He was a glorified pet in some actor's retinue, for fuck's sake.

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