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knitekat ([personal profile] knitekat) wrote2020-07-28 09:59 pm

Primeval Drabble: Wonders And Terrors

Title: Wonders And Terrors
Author: knitekat
Word Count: 100
Characters: Helen Cutter, James Lester
Rating: 12
Disclaimer: Primeval belongs to Impossible Pictures. Certainly not me. Writing for fun and will replace.
A/N: For P100 prompt 690 - Beauty and the Beast. Follows on from Truth and is part 26 of my Ice Age drabbles series. A bit (lot) of a sideswipe at the prompt.



“We’re a lot alike, James.”

“Excuse me?”

“We’re both pragmatic, realists if you prefer. We see the world as it really is, the wonders and the terrors, the heights humanity has soared to and the depths of depravity they can fall to.”

“They? That sounds like you don’t consider yourself human any more.”

“We stand between the darkness and the light, James. Only we can save the world, by doing whatever is necessary to protect humanity from itself. What do you say, James?”

“That you sound suspiciously like you’re trying to get me to agree to something with dubious morals.”
cordeliadelayne: ([primeval] green shirt stephen)

[personal profile] cordeliadelayne 2020-07-28 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I certainly wouldn't trust her.

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2020-08-01 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Lester agrees 110%.

Thanks for reading.
goldarrow: (Default)

[personal profile] goldarrow 2020-07-29 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
That's exactly what she sounds like.
A flat-out refusal to answer a question is a very long step into pure manipulation territory.

Nicely done on getting Helen's character.

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2020-08-01 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely

Of course Helen is trying to manipulate James.

Good to know it worked and thanks for reading.

[identity profile] adafrog.livejournal.com 2020-07-30 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
Can you say narcissist? Too bad James doesn't have any other choices.

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2020-08-01 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
More than likely. James wishes he had another option.

Thanks for reading.

[identity profile] eriah211.livejournal.com 2020-10-12 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
It does sound like that, unfortunately O_O

“Excuse me?”
I would have punched her in the face there, but Lester is a gentleman.

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2020-10-13 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
*nods*

Lester murmurs that he is always a gentleman (until he isn't)

Thanks for reading.
isamazed: (Jenny yuk)

[personal profile] isamazed 2020-12-24 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
Yep, you’re right on that one, Lester!

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2020-12-25 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Lester is always right. Thanks for reading.