agilebrit | I haz a conundrum. (Reply)

So, Perez gives Ben's file to Alex when they hand Ben (who is unconscious and barely alive) off, at the rescue.

Of course, I have to decide just how detailed it is. Clearly, Ben's issues with authority (in general; the boy is a lot of things, but "cowed" isn't one of them, his penchant for panic attacks notwithstanding) and West (in particular), along with Perez being troubled over the nature of the relationship that Ben and Ange have, will be in there. The break-ins. What happens to Ben over the full moons. His escape attempt. Ange's circumventing the restraint rules.

But I'm not sure that Ange's capture and rape, or the whole thing with Fifi (which was a pretty major event for Ben, but not in The Great Scheme of Things), would necessarily make it into the file. Which would make it terribly incomplete, and it's going to be a subjective thing, as well as from a vampire felon's point of view, too.

So. Does Alex read it?

Does he give it to Janni? Does she read it?

Or do they wait and try to get the story out of Ben? Who is, by the way, notoriously closed-mouthed about his traumas. Even Janni's only had the highlight reel on Afghanistan, and no one knows about the heroin but her and Megan, not Alex and not Ben's boss. The only reason Ange knows everything is because she's actually guddled around inside his head and dug the info out, not because he actually told her anything.

Of course, this isn't the story I should be working on anyway. And if it was, it's not the part of the story I should be working on. I should be working on either Chains or my Writers of the Future entry. Undisciplined