I figured you swam around in all that money of yours, like some kind of evil cartoon character.
[ Alec is perhaps being a bit unfair, but he doesn't like Rufus, and he especially doesn't like the things that come tied to the man's last name. Alec dislikes authority, and he dislikes authority even more when there is a clear imbalance in power.
He's spent his life undermining people like Rufus, and Alec isn't so sure he wants to send him back up to his ivory tower without having learned something first. ]
Fine, you want to get somewhere in the slums, you need to start from the ground up. Build a little trust, and it'll only grease the wheels going forward.
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[ Alec is perhaps being a bit unfair, but he doesn't like Rufus, and he especially doesn't like the things that come tied to the man's last name. Alec dislikes authority, and he dislikes authority even more when there is a clear imbalance in power.
He's spent his life undermining people like Rufus, and Alec isn't so sure he wants to send him back up to his ivory tower without having learned something first. ]
Fine, you want to get somewhere in the slums, you need to start from the ground up. Build a little trust, and it'll only grease the wheels going forward.
[ That's right Rufus, it's sidequest time. ]