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The moment of weakness doesn't go unnoticed. Fear is always expressed in the eye of prey, and Howard was intimately used to being prey; a fraud who hid himself in Wooloo's clothing in an attempt to avoid being crushed. Howard understood the former underboss's tics, because he himself used them.

"Scared?" The words leave his mouth before he can think. "Why would I be scared of you?"

His expression was one of disbelief. Howard genuinely meant it. He didn't see why someone would find Chu-e remotely threatening. He hadn't experienced the Darkest Day, or Rocket's earlier days, before Sootopolis had been taken as Rocket's crowning achievement—the act that would immortalize them in Hoenn forever.

He knew little of the man, in truth.

There was one thing that he could say with utter confidence, though.

"You don't scare me," he continued, "because there's nothing to fear. You've given up on everything. I can see it in your eyes."

A hand went under Chu-e's chin and pushed up, letting Howard inspect his face.

"Look at me."

The primal gaze of a softhearted archaeologist bore into the eyes of a man who had been killing himself for years, with no help from his terminal illness. After a moment, Howard let go, satisfied that he had found his answer. He nodded to himself once, as if he had expected to reach his conclusion.

"It's because you have no dream. You've inherited a hollow will."

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Disbelief is met with confusion.[break][break]

But Chu-e keeps lips sealed when howard slayte tilts his chin upwards. The last times someone had touched them like this, it had been for a kiss. Now, it is to be inspected. Like a cow on stage before slaughter, ever ounce of skin mulled over in careful detail. He wonders if Howard is pleased with the marbling of fat in the flesh. If he would bother sinking his own teeth into the tender meat or if it would be chopped up scraps for fighting dogs.[break][break]

Blue lifts to meet the other's single eye.[break][break]

Chu-e is steady and empty as they are examined, not shying their eyes away from examining the other just as closely. Their skin is cold and soft; the smell of moisturizer not quite hiding the distinct scent of medicine that clings to his person.[break][break]

Then the touch is over.[break][break]

But before Howard can fully retract his hand, Chu-e snatches the other's wrist with an unexpected swiftness. The grip is weak and frail, but manicured nails pinch into skin. There is a black sheen under the pink polish.[break][break]

"The only thing I want is to kill my child, Slayte." This is a whisper between them. An intensity burns in their gaze. A fire. A hate.[break][break]

They are not talking about Eris Halla.

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Chu-e's grip was nothing. The only word to describe it was 'insignificant'. The weak grip of a weak man with weak aspirations. A stubborn piece of rubbish blowing by the side of the road, meaningless.

There's a wince of pain as the nails dig into his wrist, but it quickly vanishes as Howard stares at Chu-e. He will not show weakness to this man. Anything that is given will not be returned, and that includes power. Any leverage in this conversation will slip through his hands like water if he let it.

He would not let that occur, or so he thought.

"Child?" Howard frowned as he pondered the sentence. "Are you so vile that you'd kill a chi-"

Black sheen. Black crystals. Darkness. The fear grips his heart like a vice, squeezing and squeezing until he felt like he was struggling to breathe. It was a fear he felt every day, whenever he was at headquarters.

"How...?" Howard croaked, taking another step back. "Why...

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"You should do your research."[break][break]

Quiet, not even chiding. It's almost filled with something like pity or remorse.[break][break]

Chu-e releases their grip and pulls their hand back. Draws a hand up to start picking at the nail bed. Slowly, pink paint is scraped and chipped away.[break][break]

Underneath, dark black sheen. Small flecks of rainbow that catch in the light, just like the real thing. Only, this is not crystal. It is just a remnant. A reminder of how Chu-e was forced to change. Black nails instead of white.[break][break]

After allowing howard slayte a look, they pull the hand back and tuck it into the pocket of their sweater, as if to hide the shame.[break][break]

"I have to kill it. For what it took from me. For what it wants."

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Howard always made a point to not do research into Necrozma. He didn't delve into forbidden knowledge, lest he earn his ire. If Necrozma's chosen Avatar decided that Howard needed to die, there was nothing that the admin could do to stop him.

Doing research would lead to rebellion, and that was something he could never oblige.

It was not his duty to defeat Necrozma. The people that had been traumatized and marred by him were far better candidates.

"You're..." Howard watched with bated breath as Chu-e's nails gleamed. "...chosen. You were Necrozma's Avatar."

As Chu-e's hand retreated, Howard grabbed his wrist for one final look. The look of disgust was gone, replaced with fear and trauma. When he looked at Chu-e, he saw Zev Harcourt.

"What does it want?"

He was afraid to find out, to delve into the machinations of the divine.

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Chu-e allows the touch, allows the manhandling.[break][break]

Any disgust absent from howard slayte's face finds it's way into Chu-e's voice when he speaks.[break][break]

"I was not-" Hot, forceful, and acidic as he speaks. "it's Avatar."[break][break]

'Avatar' curls from Chu-e's lips like a curse. Like any connection to the word was less than shit you found on the bottom of your shoe.[break][break]

"I was it's mother."[break][break]

The correction is bitter.[break][break]

"It's hungry. It wants to eat... everything."[break][break]

A pause, Chu-e glancing down at the discolored nails again before their eyes flick back up to Howard. A sort of wariness and suspicion.[break][break]

"Why?" But Chu-e doesn't give Howard time to answer, an understanding flashing on his face that is followed by a sneer.[break][break]

"Whoever it infected after me- they were stupid enough to let it in their mind, weren't they?"

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Chu-e was Necrozma's mother? Howard almost laughed in his face, if not for the contempt that bubbled over from Chu-e.

The understanding that Chu-e had brought this monster into the world was a realization that made Howard want to drive a fist into the man's jaw. A good strike likely would've killed the man, given his fragility. Out of fear of the repercussion, Howard stayed his fist until his fear faded.

Being the one to birth Necrozma was a curse that could never be broken. Chu-e would live with that understanding until he died.

He had died long ago, and he still lived with it. He was empty.

"I see." Necrozma's goals were simple, primal, terrifying. You could not reason with a starving beast. "That's simple. I expected more from it."

He had expected plans, but only found a beast.

Instead, he focused on the next question. Necrozma's Avatar had lost his name. Howard could not think it without his mind blotting it out, as if not thinking about him would make Howard's life any less real.

"Yes." Howard's voice was tired, wary. "They are one, in mind and body. Do you know him?"

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For the values of Necrozma's simplicity, Chu-e just gives a half hearted shrug. The thing was alien and complicated. It was also still, for all intents of purposes, a living creature. The lack of emotions had been easier for Chu-e to deal with than expected. Sociopathy had it's benefits.[break][break]

"No, but I know he must be stupid as hell and really pathetic to accept any of the shit it offered him." Zev Harcourt is a fool in Chu-e's mind, even though he does not know him.[break][break]

"It whispered in my ear for years. Honeyed intentions and words. When I tuned it out, it grew hostile and tried to force me. It only succeeded because I died. From something it didn't even cause! Pathetic thing." A shake of the head, more disgust curling from their tongue.[break][break]

A soft breath as Chu-e forces an exhale.[break][break]

"It's just going to use him to make more of... it. That's all I was in the end; an egg sac. That's all he'll end up being too, no matter what it tells him."

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What a vile way to describe a parasitic relationship. Was that all it was doing? Eating, killing, breeding? It was a shameful existence for one so great. There was nothing that separated Necrozma from a Nihilego or colossal insect. It was just so... simple. Howard honestly expected more from it.

"That's it...?"

It made his fear for Necrozma's Avatar lessen slightly. At the end of the day, Necrozma was a vile creature, but simple. Its chosen was just a man. A violent man with a penchant for cruelty.

"He accepted the voice, I think. There's no 'it' and 'him' anymore. It's just 'them'. That makes him dangerous. He's a monster."

It had taken Chu-e years to rid himself of that plague, to reject it. At the end of their unholy union, it wasn't Chu-e who freed himself. He had died, and only that had freed him from Necrozma's curse. That meant that killing Necrozma and its chosen was the only way to break the cycle.

Killing him? Impossible. Nobody could. He was invincible.

"Did you kill yourself?"

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"That's it. I'm sure that's what it wants him to think, too, but it doesn't have emotions. It can't care about him the way it might convince him it does."[break][break]

Chu-e could still remember what it was like to be bonded. He never worked with it on it's request. Necrozma had only ever taken from him. Taken his body, taken his emotions, taken his relationships, taken his will to carry on. It had worked so hard to use him. Just like everyone else in his life up to this point.[break][break]

It shouldn't have hurt so bad to think about.[break][break]

"Would it upset you if I did?"[break][break]

Chu-e asks back, unable to resist. The question only lingers in the air for a few moments before Chu-e shakes his head, not actually wanting the answer.[break][break]

"No. I was fighting MATIAS SILPH. He was trying to kidnap Eris Halla. Then I felt a sharp pain in my skull and I was gone. I don't know what actually happened but I think my disease caught up to me. When I woke back up, I had lost over a year. They wished me back to life and Necrozma was still inside of me, but it didn't look at me anymore."

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He looks at Chu-e for a long moment. It was like the man was being appraised, like he was a statue on display. With no hesitation, a word was uttered.

It is buried under the weight of what Chu-e says next. His answer will never be known. No matter what the answer was, it would not bring meaning to Chu-e's life. Yes would please them both, but it would be a bitter end. No would bring them both despair, but Chu-e's continued existence could have brought the former underboss meaning.

Meaning was desperately desired. Revenge on Necrozma could only satiate the underboss for so long. If was achieved, would Chu-e just... stop?

That wasn't something Howard wanted to know.

"Eris?" Howard said blankly. After a moment, his eye widened as he processed what the underboss was saying. Eris had been in Rocket, once. Chu-e had a daughter, an adopted daughter. She wasn't with him anymore, that he knew. It couldn't be...

Right?

"Eris Halla is your daughter." When he said it, it made sense. Defending her from Matias Silph was an inspiring feat. Howard had never met the Elite Four member, but his reputation was infamous. A vile monster, chosen by Groudon. Corrupted, violent, vile. People like him were what made this war between Rocket and League a moral quandary.

"You saved her, then?" Silence. "That was kind of you. What do you mean by 'look'?"

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"She is."[break][break]

When Chu-e says it, there is a sharpness to his gaze. A razor's edge, a threat, a warning. It was no secret that Eris was his daughter. But that howard slayte seemed to know her name on a more familiar turn made his skin prick. It was not so dissimilar to when Isaac Merlo had come through his window.[break][break]

I will still kill for her. I did not give her up willingly. is what that look whispered.[break][break]

But it passes into something else, more carefully neutral. Chu-e wasn't allowing Howard to see his reactions to this conversation anymore. Not for the moment.[break][break]

"I couldn't let him get away with locking her up in his basement again."[break][break]

But that is smoothed past with little more than a twitch of the cheek.[break][break]

"It's hard to explain. But, you know that feeling when someone stares at you? It was in the back of my mind, and it was that feeling... constantly. I was as aware of it being there as it was of me. Always probing, always hoping for a moment of weakness to try and seize me. Break me. After I died, after it got what it wanted, it didn't care about me anymore. It didn't look."

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"Yes."

He did understand that feeling. Howard loathed it, mostly due to the aspect of sight. Losing his eye had meant the loss of many things. Depth perception, glasses, fitting in. Second glances were expected when your eye was missing and all that remained were scars and memories.

They both had plenty of those. Some were simply more visible than others.

The gaze Howard returns is questioning, mocking, deriding. Eris Halla had many connections. If she had long since left this man behind, all Howard could think was 'good'. Isaac and Navy were far better for her than this shadow of a man, poisoned by a dark god from another world.

Maybe it would've been better if this man stayed dead.

"If you try to kill it, it will look your way again. It might use that connection to poison you. Are you sure that's what you want? Would it be worth it? You could die, you could fail. A million things could go wrong, with your only accomplishment being that you defied it."

The admin gave Chu-e a sideways look, as if trying to see through him. He'd never get past the mask he now wore, the dead eyes, the derision and scorn. That, he accepted. He used a similar mask himself.

"And you're fine with that?"

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"I'm already dying and I already failed. Let it look. I'll show it what fear is."[break][break]

Stepping forward, Chu-e bullied his way into howard slayte's space. A foot nestled firmly on the ground between the other man's legs, the brush of fabric on skin. Not enough to press or be forceful, just for Chu-e to be too close. A hand is lifted to cup the broken side of Howard's face, to pull his face gently to the side.[break][break]

There, as well, Chu-e leaned in. Not for a kiss, but to press cheek to cheek and whisper warm and soft in the other's ear.[break][break]

"It forgot that I always looked back. It forgot I know how to kill it."[break][break]

His eyes flick upwards to something over Howard's shoulder. Chu-e turns his head to press the quickest of pecks behind the other's ear, then pull back and out of the other's space as suddenly as he had entered it. Like earlier, his face was flushed and innocent; a mask for the public, not for Howard.[break][break]

"Howie! Will you show me where the plushies are? I want to get us that cute set they advertised." Sweet, a little too loud. Chu-e reaches for the other's hand to tangle together, eyelashes fluttering.

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