[ what could be consequence and debt could also be seen as a domino set. ]

The house always wins.

[ spiritually, existentially, and universally, in this case. ALASTAIR's ambitions rubbed him the wrong way: deciding what should be, or what was the best in accordance to rules not established by the multiverse on any level. who perceived what it was to say that one thing was best played in a certain way, or that such constructs shouldn't collapse? (there was an itty-bitty bit of bias as a god of chaos in there somewhere.) ]

Whatever it may disguise itself as. [ there's a glance to the side as if it were manifesting and he could cast a sour look in its direction. ] For us, it's cause and effect paid in debts owed. There is no hard currency. It's good and bad, better beneath the eye of opportunity.

If it makes you feel better, we're all abominations here.

[ he says it wistfully, like it's a better thing than what the words paint it as. the word has been used against him more times than he can remember, and he'd rather own it than have it as an insult. ]