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[osreborn]

(555 - 888 - 3010)

"Norman Osborn. If you're calling about a job interview, hang up now and call [ business phone number ]. Otherwise stay on the line and leave a message. I'll get back to you when I can."

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Comments

[osreborn]

Just what I like to hear.

Or read.

Same difference really.

[enigmaestro]

Oh, but these you would never read aloud. Isn't that right?

[osreborn]

Not with company present.

[enigmaestro]

Your significant other or your board members?

[osreborn]

Any company.

[enigmaestro]

It's almost like you're ashamed of our exchanges.

[osreborn]

Not at all. I'd rather keep them to myself.

As you would, I'm sure.

[enigmaestro]

A few of my associates marvel at our interactions.

[osreborn]

Like who?

[enigmaestro]

Like my pet apprentice.

[osreborn]

I'm barely inclined to count him.

[enigmaestro]

I don't speak that way of your pet apprentices.

[osreborn]

None of mine have required "disciplining" yet.

[enigmaestro]

Well I've had mine longer! They get uppity over time.

[osreborn]

Usually when they reach 16 or so.

[enigmaestro]

Eridan was always ahead of his contemporaries' curve.

[osreborn]

Throwing tantrums isn't much to brag about.

[enigmaestro]

Let's not confuse tantrums with murder attempts. I know how similar they must run for you, but PSYCHOLOGICALLY SOUND people would disagree.

[osreborn]

Murder attempts haven't been a problem for me, honestly.

[enigmaestro]

It's a terrible world, when more people want me dead than they want you dead.

[osreborn]

It's all about respect.

[enigmaestro]

Or fear. Maybe more people fear me.

[osreborn]

If that were the case, they would also fear killing you. Wouldn't they? I know people fear killing me.

[enigmaestro]

Not unless they were desperate enough to hedge their bets. Not everyone returns from the dead, even if the odds are overwhelmingly in resurrection's favor.

[osreborn]

I find murder is an act of courage, not cowardice.

Well, among other things of course.