"Nothing is controlling me. I just finally can see the bullshit around me. I was so stupidly naive to believe that I was anything then a wishy washy door mat. I'm better than that and fuck everyone who wants to convince me that being good and kind is anything other than a weak man's inability to live up to his potential."

He walked over to Loki, Billy's dark eyes strangely bright. Teddy knew that it was wrong. Somewhere in the back of his mind he could feel himself screaming, but this was a side of himself he'd never experienced before. Something that Greg had tried to get him to realize. Teddy just didn't realize how good it made him feel to be so mean.

He reached out to touch Loki's face, his fingertips soft against his skin. "Unlike your illusions, this is real. All of it, down to the last detail. I can be anyone I want and trick the most sophisticated tests. I've done it before, you know. Kind of a neat power, don't you think, God of Tricks?"