[Adam's double rolls his eyes. His voice is dry, almost amused.]
I'm the new, improved version. You can throw all the insults you want, but if he hadn't been here, you'd be eating up every word I speak. We could have owned this place, you and I. You never use your abilities the way I know you could.
[He nods his head at the real Adam.]
He knows, too. He thinks about it sometimes. What you would do for him, and what he could do with that.
[Adam's shoulders tense. He hopes Ronan doesn't believe that - at least, not the way it sounds, as if Adam is plotting things, as if he has some hidden desire to use Ronan's powers for his own gain. It's true he's thought about the things Ronan could do if he wanted to, but it's not something Adam would ever take advantage of - would ever want to take advantage of.
He thinks Ronan knows that. But hearing it like this, in his own voice from his own lips, is unpleasant and dangerous.]
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I'm the new, improved version. You can throw all the insults you want, but if he hadn't been here, you'd be eating up every word I speak. We could have owned this place, you and I. You never use your abilities the way I know you could.
[He nods his head at the real Adam.]
He knows, too. He thinks about it sometimes. What you would do for him, and what he could do with that.
[Adam's shoulders tense. He hopes Ronan doesn't believe that - at least, not the way it sounds, as if Adam is plotting things, as if he has some hidden desire to use Ronan's powers for his own gain. It's true he's thought about the things Ronan could do if he wanted to, but it's not something Adam would ever take advantage of - would ever want to take advantage of.
He thinks Ronan knows that. But hearing it like this, in his own voice from his own lips, is unpleasant and dangerous.]