This is a very specific prompt that I'm quite nervous to make, but after "Risk Aware" and some ensuing conversation about Ivan's MO, I can't stop thinking about the conversation Ivan would have with Matt after the events of that story...and what that would lead to.
He was clearly interested, in more than one way (as participant and subject). He has his own baggage that might inform which buttons to push (and which not to push). He could benefit from some catharsis, too; from being picked apart and put carefully back together by skilled hands he's already seen in action.
(Obviously this would require consent from the author of "Risk Aware" to play with the same "universe".)
Matt/Ivan(/Taliesin? Marisha?) - Catharsis
He was clearly interested, in more than one way (as participant and subject). He has his own baggage that might inform which buttons to push (and which not to push). He could benefit from some catharsis, too; from being picked apart and put carefully back together by skilled hands he's already seen in action.
(Obviously this would require consent from the author of "Risk Aware" to play with the same "universe".)