OBVIOUSLY when you see your nemesis for the first time in over a decade, you need to reassure him that he is still your number one nemesis, and has not been superseded in all these years!
Also yes, 100% von Stalhein called Biggles in the hope (probably subconscious?) of luring Biggles in with these dire warnings. "I'll call him and tell him not to get involved," von Stalhein decides.
"But boss," says a minion, who has presumably just listened to a recital about how brave, brilliant, and all-around wonderful Biggles is, "won't that just make him more likely to take the job?"
"Oh no," says von Stalhein, already dialing the number. (Has he had this number for a while? Has he just been waiting for a chance to call?) But his heart is saying oh yes.
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Date: 2022-07-08 01:14 pm (UTC)Also yes, 100% von Stalhein called Biggles in the hope (probably subconscious?) of luring Biggles in with these dire warnings. "I'll call him and tell him not to get involved," von Stalhein decides.
"But boss," says a minion, who has presumably just listened to a recital about how brave, brilliant, and all-around wonderful Biggles is, "won't that just make him more likely to take the job?"
"Oh no," says von Stalhein, already dialing the number. (Has he had this number for a while? Has he just been waiting for a chance to call?) But his heart is saying oh yes.