Andrew was rather pleased to hear that the others were agreeing with him, although, they seemed to be more agreeing with Keshi. He took note of that, clearly the aspect of revenge was more important to them than anything the healer could say.
I suppose it's because of their parentage.
He looked apologetically at Nicole when she spoke, he would have to explain why he said it as he did later. The only one who did not agree with Mixcoatl leaving was Prometheus, who was clearly angry.
"One day, you may have to make a far harder choice. They may lay hands on your loved ones. Always remember that there are many, many lives at stake. It's best to accept that now."
Andrew sighed, following. If Prometheus was trying to hide that he was singling out Andrew in particular, he'd have to do way better.
"You know, I could go on a tirade about how I've been the one forced to make decisions this entire time," he started. Rather than angry or annoyed, he felt tired by this, tired by Prometheus' insistence of putting him down and criticizing him for every single thing he did. However, that was always what he did, and no matter how much Prometheus told him he was wrong, or that he was selfish, Andrew always had a reply for him. Not this time, however, this time he would only address the issue at hand.
"I really could. But it doesn't matter. It's not going to matter now, and it won't matter later. You are, however, mistaken in that this is a hard choice. Nothing of this mattered, Loki already knows we're here, he's got to. Do you really think Mixcoatl's death would have changed that? Unlikely, Loki's disgusting, growling friends likely already let him know."
And, with the extra time you spent trying to make everyone change their mind, he's probably had the time to prepare individual gift-baskets for each one of us.
Andrew was happy he had managed to keep the last bit in his mind, though he felt like saying more. Of course he did. He wanted to argue the fact that the only reason Prometheus had taken part in the discussion was that he didn't like the way it was going, like he always did. If he wanted people to do as he thought was best, the titan would have to make his point far earlier than that. He always disagreed with the decisions that were obviously Andrew's, like contacting Apollo and trying to fool Loki, but what about in Hades? What about the decision to go to Russia, which had allowed them to save Venus and her daughter, and, hopefully, a number of monks? Hadn't Andrew been the driving force behind that, forced to make the decision all on his own in Hades, no help from Prometheus, and hadn't he been the one to argue for Russia when others argued for Europe?
Well, at least I tried not to lash out on him this time. He doesn't deserve it, though, he deserves to hear what I think.
Andrew bit his tongue.
But I'm right. It won't matter. Ever.
