[ The very last thing Mercury expected out of this place was to find someone who might actually be tolerable. Sure, that may pass - he's a toxic piece of shit, it happens - but being unapologetically terrible is as close to an endearing trait as one can have, from his point of view.

That's probably the only thing keeping him from pushing her just to see her topple over, right now. ]

Actually, most people do just call me Asshole - but if you want to get personal, Mercury will do. Do you have a name for both faces you put forward, or is there just the one?