overconfidently

you have to make quota, sure, but not necessarily with your dom. some people probably don't want to mix the two.
besides, i think some of the locals contract with family members or platonic friends, so it's supposedly not required.

would you contract with logan?

no, but only because he'd use it to try to protect me.
plus he already has three contracts, that's more than enough to juggle.
i'd have contracted with my sister, though, if we weren't both subs.

does he think you're not capable of taking care of yourself? or is it just a this place in particular sort of deal?

he feels guilty about not being around.
but it's not his fault, he didn't know i was alive.

so he wants to make amends. wants to have you in his life.

( must be nice. )

he doesn't have anything he needs to make up for, but yeah.
you still worried about getting to know your bio parents?

a little. it doesn't help when they already know me in some way.

they're going to love you, nate.
you just need to be patient with each other.
and probably also recognize that you and scott are both obstinate little shits, so you're gonna get on each other's nerves sometimes.

he does frustrate me sometimes, it's true.

yeah, i'll be honest, i don't engage with him a lot. that's something you have to decide for yourself, though, and whatever you decide, keep in mind that he means well.
he's a good man, but he's been through a lot and he's a fucking idiot about it.

he means well even if he's a fucking idiot at times. got it.

are you also x-men then?

i'm not exactly x-men material, though i did have a brief moment a couple of years back.
i've done a lot of shitty things, though, so i'm not really the sort of person you'd want on a public-facing team everyone on the planet sees.