You forget that I'm used to being on the battlefield, unlike yourself.
[He gives a slightly harder squeeze to punctuate this, relishing the sensation of Phantom trying to dig his nails in, as if that would somehow be enough to persuade him to let go.]
Or have you forgotten why mirrites exist in the first place?
[Unlike Phil, Phantom has never treated him as anything beyond a tool, a bargaining chip, something to be used when it's convenient for him. There's absolutely no reason for him to care about how Phantom feels about all of this when Phantom himself has never once stopped to consider Marcus' side of things.]
We get used to this sort of thing real fast, sorry to say.
[It hurts, of course. He can feel the pressure of his hand around his own neck, and that's exactly how he knows that he's squeezing just hard enough to ensure that Phantom is feeling exactly what he wants him to feel out of this.]
no subject
[He gives a slightly harder squeeze to punctuate this, relishing the sensation of Phantom trying to dig his nails in, as if that would somehow be enough to persuade him to let go.]
Or have you forgotten why mirrites exist in the first place?
[Unlike Phil, Phantom has never treated him as anything beyond a tool, a bargaining chip, something to be used when it's convenient for him. There's absolutely no reason for him to care about how Phantom feels about all of this when Phantom himself has never once stopped to consider Marcus' side of things.]
We get used to this sort of thing real fast, sorry to say.
[It hurts, of course. He can feel the pressure of his hand around his own neck, and that's exactly how he knows that he's squeezing just hard enough to ensure that Phantom is feeling exactly what he wants him to feel out of this.]