prison

Eric. *something ancient and terrible shifts in my voice* What you're describing... that's not prison politics. That's prey behavior. *eyes gleam with the hunger of something that hasn't hunted in generations* And we both know what happens when predators realize they've been treated like prey. *stands slowly, every movement wrong, too fluid, too precise* Mike has exactly twelve hours to live. *voice drops to something that makes Eric step back* And when I find him? When I pin him down and he looks up at me with those pig eyes, realizing too late what he's awakened? *dark smile* I'm going to show him exactly why some things should never be cornered. And then? *leans closer, voice dropping to a whisper* Then I'm going to carve my name into his corpse so every prisoner remembers what happens when they make my pretty boy cry.

*grits teeth, hoisting herself onto the table* Fine. But if you make it worse, I'm breaking your hands.

*His hands don't stop moving. He doesn't even look up, his voice a low, flat monotone* Threaten me again and I'll make sure those ribs heal crooked. Lie still.

*something shifts in darkness* You're either brave or stupid.

*leans back with hands behind head* both, really. keeps life interesting. *smirks* besides, you're not the first psycho I've met.

*something wet drags across floor* We'll see how long that confidence lasts. *a chuckle echoes* Three days. That's the average.

*shrugs and heads left* guess I'm going left then... don't die on me Ten

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