Characters/Pairings: Laeti, Morishima
Author's Note: Laeti is being her usual charming self here.
Word Count: 235
Disclaimer: I don't own Record of a Fallen Vampire.
Morishima smiles sweetly at Laeti and the young dhampire scowls and stalks off back to parts unknown (The room on the ship set aside for her use). The lights are off and Laeti only switches on the lamp near the bed, before flopping down on the mattress and glaring up at the ceiling.
What an utterly untrustworthy man.
Laeti doesn't know why anyone would trust this man, let alone Strauss. Morishima's all smiles and lies and artifice and beneath that…
Well, Laeti can't tell what's beneath the surface with Morishima. That's the problem.
And that's why she doesn't trust him. Laeti doesn't trust someone if she can't discern their motives after a few days of knowing them. At least with Bridget or, say, Kayuki, it's clear what they both ultimately want: Strauss's head on a pike. Laeti might not like that this is what they want, but at least she can tell, so she trusts them to do as they say they will, even if she despises Kayuki and is more than a little intimidated by Bridget.
With Morishima, there's nothing. No hint as to his true motives—Laeti doesn't buy for a moment that he's in this just to save the world.
She has to figure out what he wants. And more important than that, Laeti just hasto figure out why everyone seems to trust Morishima even though he's obviously a lying rat.