He what?! [Salieri's head jerks up at that, staring at Benjamin with confirmed horror and fury.] That-- [his hand is tight on Benjamin's for a moment as he struggles to reign in the rage that threatens to overtake him. He wishes somewhere, distantly, that it was more surprising. That this disgusting, foul man, already sick with power, could push that even further.
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But he knows what men in power are like.]