"So you know about him," Pamela was surprised, "and you know what exactly he is? If you have such vast opportunities to even get me out of here, does this mean that you could also reveal the true identity of this slippery snake to the city? But for some reason, you still haven't done it."
"It's not for me to judge him," I shook my head. "I'm not a benefactor, not a saint, and not a savior. I can't help everyone and everything. First of all, I care about my well-being, and the well-being of the people around me."
"I told Harley that nothing in this world happens for nothing. How can I trust you after these words?"
"And what's wrong with my words? I only told the truth, as I always do. I care about my surroundings, and about the people who are next to me. I will not betray them, I will not let them ever come in danger, and I will help when they need my help." I voiced my position.
"Pamela, if you accept my kind gesture, I will become the one to whom you can trust your life, and the well-being of the surrounding nature, which means so much to you. I will take complete care of you...Heh, I just remembered my recent conversation with Strange. He so brazenly declared that after you leave the walls of this building, you will soon return here again, directly under his subordination. Fuck him! After all, I believe that once you give your word, you will undoubtedly keep it. And if I am right, and this is really so, then let me take care of everything else. If Hugo wants to somehow set you up and return you to Arkham, rest assured that I will do everything to prevent this."
"You speak well," Ivy whispered, her expression having long since lost its emotionless look. "But what about Harley? What are you going to do with her? Why do you need her?"
"You have the wrong impression of me. I don't always look for my own benefit. Harley has already become a close person to me. She trusted me and I can't let her down. I will take care of her and try to reciprocate her feelings by giving her the love she has always deserved."
"You are a very selfish person, Alex," Ivy said, circling me. "So that means I should become good and start helping people? I'm afraid it will be extremely difficult for me to do that."
"Start small, help one person at first… For example, me," I pointed my finger at myself, smiling brightly.
"That's right, you wanted me to help you with some research project. I have a question for you: is this project dangerous?"
"In the wrong hands, of course," I confirmed this fact. "And why do you need it? What are you going to do with it? Get rich on it?"
"You're wrong, I'd rather go broke with it than earn anything. No, I need it to gain power. I need power if I want to survive in this world and protect the people close to me. The world is changing, and from now on firearms are no guarantee of victory... Nuclear warheads can be included there too. Over time, they will become completely useless for protecting the Earth."
"You say this with such confidence,as if you know the future…"
"In a way, you could say so," I didn't try to avoid her assumption.
"And what awaits us in the future?" asked Isley, smirking in my face.
"In short, we're all screwed and that includes the whole planet, which means all of nature as a whole."
"Is that so?" Pamela drawled, clearly not believing a single word I said. "If I help you, will I prevent this apocalypse?"
"Of course not! It will only give me and the people dear to me a chance for salvation. A chance to survive in the hour of a great crisis."
"So, I help you, and you help me, supporting me in everything. Including funding my work, as well as my environmental protection fund, if I create one in the future. It sounds like something unbelievable…"
"Ivy," I addressed her affectionately. "Just imagine what you can achieve by protecting the environment, if you are not stopped and put behind bars. You are capable of radically influencing the flora of the entire planet if you act correctly, and without taking human lives. You can cleanse the biosphere of the planet, which is exposed to contamination every day. You just need to act within the law, and sometimes, when no one sees and no one is in danger, you can throw this same law aside. After all, the main thing is the result, as long as there are no victims."
"Heh, yes, but I don't want that…"
"You're lying, I can feel it… I haven't said this until now, but I also have some special powers. For example, I can recognize lies."
Of course, I'm talking about intuition. And after it was upgraded, after meeting one of the aspects of the Universe, I can instantly know if my interlocutor is telling the truth.
"So what? Yes, I lied, or I didn't… Why should I believe that you even have a power ? And even if you know that if I'm lying or not, it won't change anything. What I say and what I think may be different things. But I won't regret what I said or what I didn't say. So you can shut up and get out of here. As I already said, I don't want all this. I don't want to and won't trust you."
"Did you just say what you were thinking?"
"Think as you wish...And get out of my garden!" The hostess escorted me out.
"Okay, I'll leave you. But before that, let me tell you something. I asked a guard named Aaron Cash to do me a small favor. He will come to you from time to time, and if you change your mind and agree to help me, you can tell him about it. He will tell me your words, and I will get you out of here." I closed the door behind me and took a deep breath.
"How did it go?" asked Bordeaux, who had been waiting for me in the corridor all this time. "Did you manage to convince her?"
"Ha-ha, no, this time all I got was a disappointment…." I laughed, trying to hide my failure with laughter.
"But I have a good feeling," I threw a last glance towards the closed door. "Perhaps in the near future, everything will change...Okay, let's go home."
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