Tell me, Niklaus. Why is it that she might desire to cause us trouble? Why is it that she ever has? Could it be because you have hunted her mercilessly for half of a millennium now? Could it be because you had her entire family brutally murdered one night in their beds? [ His nostrils flare, thoroughly incensed now. ]
I understand your twisted reasoning -- your rage and your impotence as your true birthright was denied to you all those long years. And I have indulged you in it time and time again despite my personal feelings.
But she was a child, Nikaus. Just a young slip of a girl whose only crime was to have the audacity to want to live her life, to not want to simply roll over and die by your hand. If you target her here, even where death is not permanent -- how can you expect her to respond any differently? She will retaliate against you and scrabble for her life exactly how you taught her to. By targeting the people that you care about.
So don't you dare tell me that I am the one endangering Hayley. That my self-interest is causing this family to be in danger. I suggest you think long and hard about all that I've said before we speak again, brother.
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I understand your twisted reasoning -- your rage and your impotence as your true birthright was denied to you all those long years. And I have indulged you in it time and time again despite my personal feelings.
But she was a child, Nikaus. Just a young slip of a girl whose only crime was to have the audacity to want to live her life, to not want to simply roll over and die by your hand. If you target her here, even where death is not permanent -- how can you expect her to respond any differently? She will retaliate against you and scrabble for her life exactly how you taught her to. By targeting the people that you care about.
So don't you dare tell me that I am the one endangering Hayley. That my self-interest is causing this family to be in danger. I suggest you think long and hard about all that I've said before we speak again, brother.
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