[ Hickey's relationship with Billy Gibson was...complicated. He was the closest person to Hickey on the ship. He was someone who he routinely fought with. He gave Billy a ring to tie them together. He shat on the man's bed out of revenge. He stabbed Billy in the back as a mercy, because his lover was hurting and Billy couldn't pull anymore. He stabbed Billy in the back out of practicality, because they needed food and Billy couldn't pull anymore.
The relationship between Cornelius Hickey and Billy Gibson was a mess of complications. It's a mess that Hickey is going to pointedly not mention. Let Kieren think whatever he wants to think. It's most likely better than the alternative.
His comment about a knife in the back gets a dark little chuckle from Hickey. When he looks over at Kieren, it's with seriousness in his eyes. He wants the kid to know that when he says this? He means it. ]
If I have to stab you ten, twelve, twenty times in the back, I'll still do it.
[ Kieren thinks he'll hurt people. There is no way in hell Hickey's going to let himself waste this second chance before getting hurt. ]
And if you're somehow immune to stabbing? Find me a gun. I'll blow your brains out instead.
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The relationship between Cornelius Hickey and Billy Gibson was a mess of complications. It's a mess that Hickey is going to pointedly not mention. Let Kieren think whatever he wants to think. It's most likely better than the alternative.
His comment about a knife in the back gets a dark little chuckle from Hickey. When he looks over at Kieren, it's with seriousness in his eyes. He wants the kid to know that when he says this? He means it. ]
If I have to stab you ten, twelve, twenty times in the back, I'll still do it.
[ Kieren thinks he'll hurt people. There is no way in hell Hickey's going to let himself waste this second chance before getting hurt. ]
And if you're somehow immune to stabbing? Find me a gun. I'll blow your brains out instead.