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[osreborn]

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"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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[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.

[enigmaestro]

I find it dull, unless absolutely necessary.

I prefer breaking men's minds. You get to play with the afterbirth, as it were, it's much more visceral and paradoxically less stain-inducing.

[osreborn]

To each their own. I like to say, why not do both?

Circumstances depending.

[enigmaestro]

I find both predictable, and hardly fun unless they're begging to die.

Have you ever pleaded for death, Norman? Ever had thoughts of such?

[osreborn]

That's a sound I like hearing, not making.

[enigmaestro]

Which isn't quite what I asked, now was it? We all already know what sounds you like to hear.

[osreborn]

No, I wouldn't plead for death.

[enigmaestro]

And in the past tense?

[osreborn]

I haven't.

[enigmaestro]

Look at you, skirting direct statements. I won't pry, Norman, if you want your mystique in tact.

But don't think I didn't notice.

[osreborn]

A little mystique never hurt.

[enigmaestro]

I won't argue with that. It's something I appreciate about you.

[osreborn]

I'll be sure to keep it up.

[enigmaestro]

Perhaps you could keep a few other things up for me?

[osreborn]

Perhaps.

[enigmaestro]

Do you want me to go into detail?

[osreborn]

I can improvise.

[enigmaestro]

But I don't want you putting things in my mouth. Even words.

[osreborn]

I didn't ask what you WANTED, now did I?