Axl has been pacing circles into the ground around the Candle for quite a while(with no one around to complain, thankfully for them), face contorted in an unusual amount of frustration. /It's never been this hard before.../

Spider walks in, looking worried, hands folded behind his back. "...Axl."

Axl stiffens, coming to a halt upon hearing Spider's voice. Time to get out that Emmy nomination... He doesn't meet Spider's gaze, looking off to one side in silence.

Spider sighs. "...There's no point in pretending. Spider's not here."

Axl tosses said nomination to the wind as soon as he's assured that no one within earshot is against him, and lays a dangerous glare on Spider. "I thought you had him -contained-! I was mere moments from being found out!"

Spider looks annoyed. "I didn't count on Aile showing up! He managed to break Spider out somehow! But listen, that's not important right now... What -is- important is that apparently Zero and Gforte managed to guess. Zero nearly killed me a couple of minutes ago..."

Axl allows himself several moments for the terribly pleasant news to sink in, turning around and shaking his head. "...it's all wrong. This never should have turned out this way!"

Axl says '...But there's only one solution now. They have to be... 'disposed' of before they can tell anyone else.'

Axl looks back at Spider, all manner of ill-intent showing clear through his eyes. "-All- of them."

Spider says '...Shouldn't be too hard to take Gforte out, but Zero...'

"I'll take care of Zero, you focus on the others." Axl's attention turns to the everlasting fire before him, staring into and through it as if he could see the rest of the world bathed in those very flames. "This -will- work. One way or another."

Spider nods. "I'll tell my troops that Zero and Gforte have gone Maverick... That should get us some aid..."

Spider pauses for a moment, thinking. "...what about Aile?"

"I said they -all- have to go. Including Aile." Axl's gaze then turns back to Spider, questioning, but not without its usual underlying tone of absolute command. "You don't have... reservations about that, do you?"

Spider's eyes cloud for a moment, but he shakes his head. "...Of course not. He annoys me too." He sounds uncertain...

Axl catches the uncertainty with remarkable ease, stepping over to Spider and looking up to meet his eyes with reassurance. "It's alright... You won't have to worry about any of this when the New World arises." His voice is low, yet calm and somehow soothing...

Axl says 'No more Spider, no more Aile, no one else to take paradise from you...'

Spider closes his eyes. "...I just... Spider's memories are still here... Aile did a lot for him... for me..."

Axl offers a slight nod of understanding just before bringing up a hand to gently brush the side of Spider's face. "That may be, but you can't allow his memories to get in the way of your goal. -Our- goal."

Spider just stands there, eyes still closed. "I'm just so confused... I want the new world, but I also want Aile... This never bothered me before... Why is he so -loud-, damnit...?"

Axl brings his hand back to rest at his side, trying not to make the flicker of discontent visible on his features. "Sacrifices have to be made. You'll simply have to ignore him."

Spider nods, opening cold red eyes. "...Alright... I'll take care of it."