not your world;; [o, explosion]

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DR. CAUSTIC

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TOXIC TRAPPER
MACKENZIE VALLEY WOLF
TANGLEWOOD
"Humanity. It's just a word."

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Caustic's ears tilt back as Alaric steps near him- too close, and lifts his lips in a growl. The wolf brain is fighting him, wants to run away from the fire. Caustic has to go inside while the Wolf wants to snarl and howl.

"Believe it or not, Dr. Caustic, but I know exactly what it feels like to lose something important to you,"

"No, you don't." Caustic's panicked rage lasers into the tabby now, looming over as his paws start to shake in fury. The device is gone, he's failed, he's going to die here. Gas plumes from his face in an open mouth snarl, eyes glowing through his gas as he takes a step towards Alaric.

"I-" his menacing tone is interrupted by a bloodied cough directed at the floorboards, then a wheeze. "That project was more important than anything you can ever comprehend," The insult is selfish and directed at Alaric's intelligence. Caustic's knows of his own genius and always digs for that spot in others. It's fear-fueled anger, mind scattering at the mortality of his own life. His growl resumes, looking back inside to the burning lab. He deflates, for a moment. He can't tell them why it's important, he can't expect them to understand. "You're an imbecile to call me a fool, Alaric. You and every here can't understand the gravity of what's occurred."

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