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The palm of a hand strikes against him, swelling against his cheek. Jayden grits his teeth, fighting the urge of the storm that threatens to rise inside of him, but otherwise does nothing.

[break][break] Bruises line his torso from their fight on this very tundra, made even more so by the scalding burns incurred from THEO BECKETT as a result of his disobedience.

[break][break] But Jayden knew better. He had known better, in the moment, and yet had done it anyway.

[break][break] When it is all over, he staggers to his feet.

[break][break] With that said and done, there is only one thing left.

[break][break] To enter the chasm.

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eventually, theo breaks the silence that had swallowed them whole and suffocated their descent into the chasm. it does little to alleviate the tension, however. if anything, his question adds to it.[break][break]

"how many more times must we go through this?"[break][break]

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"i don't know how to make you listen."

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"Listen?" he echoed, grimacing. The cold was like a soothing palm on his pale, ghastly skin. "I was listening."

[break][break] "To you."

[break][break] His voice lowers into a growling tenor, likened to the sound of claws against gravel, as he follows the Underboss through the cavern. Behind the Gyarados lurks his Duskull, it's shimmering red cape striking out like a blood moon against the freezing snow.

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"it's not just me you need to listen to. we operate in a hierarchy, one that used to be built on fear only for us to realize that wasn't sustainable. so we pivoted to trust instead."[break][break]

he speaks of beast Zev Harcourt, of how jayden cross had ignored them in favor of their own priorities to chase after HATRED.[break][break]

"how can i or anyone place our trust in you in the state that you're in? why would we?"

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"Exactly, we operate in a hierarchy."

[break][break] It was burned into their very bones. The blood that ruined the seas of Cinnebar, forever stained in memory.

[break][break] "Last I checked, I didn't think a Beast outranked an Admin."

[break][break] Behind him, Chien Pao prowled forward and snarled as it bit into a freezing Buneary that traveled a little too close to them both.

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"they usually don't, but your situation complicates that hierarchy."[break][break]

glancing over his shoulder, he regards chien-pao with a look, noting how its mere presence is enough to chill the space around them.[break][break]

he looks at jayden cross after.[break][break]

"both of you are avatars and yet i find myself able and willing to trust harcourt more. do you know why that is?"

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His eyes narrow.

[break][break] "My situation?"

[break][break] It should hurt more, hearing the fact that THEO BECKETT didn't trust him. But he knows that their history had always been complicated, sordid with disaster and pain.

[break][break] 'I saved you once.'

[break][break] He'd saved him more than once.

[break][break] Suddenly, as understanding dawns, he bristles. HATE flashes bright blue in his eyes.

[break][break] "I can't stop the circumstances of my birth any more than you can."

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when nothing comes from jayden cross but another display of hate, theo continues, ignoring how they bristle.[break][break]

"it's because i can safely trust that harcourt's mind is still his own, unaffected by external influences. odd, wouldn't you agree? that he controls necrozma better than you do chien-pao."[break][break]

protectively, his gyarados coils closer to theo.[break][break]

"harcourt made the right call and you should've listened."

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"If I'd listened, would Rocket have gotten the Light Stone?"

[break][break] He shook his head.

[break][break] "Or would he have let Remiel Calcifet get it?"

[break][break] "Can you safely say that Zev Harcourt would be willing to give his life for Rocket the way I would? The way I have?"

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"i can."[break][break]

he responds cooly.[break][break]

"because you jeopardized rocket when you chose to attack Remiel Calcifet."[break][break]

jayden cross might not realize it but because of that single decision, theo had to shift his priorities and abandon hoopa as well as countless other rocket operatives all because he had to support his favored admin.[break][break]

but he didn't have to, did he? he chose to. what Elisabeth Fiorelli said is right: theo doesn't hate jayden cross. quite the opposite.

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It is the first time that he stands up to THEO BECKETT. In the decade that they have known each other, Jayden had never - not once - thought to speak up against the Underboss.

[break][break] Cillian Quinn is one thing. They are brothers.

[break][break] But THEO BECKETT, he is just like Dmitri. He is akin to a —

[break][break] "You're right."

[break][break] The Cursed bellows out a sigh, ignoring the prickling sensation in his arms. He can feel the ice-cold glare of his patron at him as he pivots the conversation, glancing away. Wind bellows in the distance, echoing across the emptiness of the open cavern.

[break][break] "You're right, but I didn't attack Remiel Calcifet without thought — not the second time." The first time, when his hair had flashed that wintry-white, it was true. He had attacked and thrown that ice javelin, nearly threatening the life of Camellia Lemaitre in the process.

[break][break] "But the second time it was to follow Underboss Elisabeth Fiorelli orders, to secure Reshiram and also to back-up mint frost." He turns back to his mentor, but rather than blistered-white, his eyes are a hardened violet.

[break][break] "I could have done better to communicate that, though."

[break][break] "It would be a lie to say that the mere sight of Remiel Calcifet doesn't vex me so."

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in this moment, as jayden cross stands up to theo for the first time in their long, vast, and complicated history, he is reminded of his conversation with Elisabeth Fiorelli, knowing now what she meant.[break][break]

chien-pao proves to be too heavy an influence to ever directly fight against. but, with time, jayden cross might be able to with the proper guidance; guidance that cannot be given the same way as before.[break][break]

so he swallows the learnings of his past, dismissing them with a sigh.[break][break]

"as it should. Remiel Calcifet is a disgusting sight."[break][break]

they can agree on that.[break][break]

"but it's as i said, our hierarchy needs to be built on trust. for as long as chien-pao controls you, you won't have my full trust."

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"And Zev Harcourt does?"

[break][break] It is a question without the need for an answer.

[break][break] Jayden already knows, based on what THEO BECKETT has told him so far. To have his own loyalty doubted for the first time in his Rocket career seems ludicrous, but given the special events of the last several months, there is no other alternative.

[break][break] "To be honest," he says, with a sigh, staring out at the frosted landscape. "I do not know either — what will work and what won't."

[break][break] "But I do know what I need."

[break][break] To see the sight of Remiel Calcifet — or any of Rocket's other traitors — across the battlefield triggered him in a way that was nearly uncontrollable. Like a fire that had been set alight and showed no signs of stopping.

[break][break] He looked back at his mentor.

[break][break] "I need an anchor."

[break][break] fern delaney had worked for a time. Even mint frost might have worked.

[break][break] But he needed something stronger than that.

[break][break] He needed THEO BECKETT.

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