"Oh, you're about to say you've never pulled his or other people's stuff up to pass them off as your own."
"Copying the masters is a time-honored tradition painters have used..."
"And plagiarism can get you expelled along with anyone who edited or approved it. So don't try my patience."
"It's easier to pull from real life. Like Micah over there would make a great model for the villain. Totally modern day. Aristocratic bloodlines, but a commoner's ancestry with his parents mixing according to current norms."
Micah saw where this was going and stopped the accompaniment. "Wait, I've read your dad's story. This is where you write me into it and all hell breaks loose. My life goes to hell and I have to listen to some damned typewriter in the sky telling me how I'm going to act."
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