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[mattersverymuch]

[ There's the tapping of fingers, the click of a tongue, and a long silence before anything's actually said. When the marquis speaks, he sounds hoarse, as well as almost cheerful. Spoilers: he's not really. ]

Naïveté is catching these days, I notice. Whose idea was this? I have places to be.

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[mattersverymuch]

As I understand it, there's a strong tendency towards indiscriminate killing. Exceptions exist. [ He looks at his nails for a moment, then decides why not. ] Willow. And someone creatively called Amanda, although apparently not anymore.

[omar]

[And now he definitely looks disgusted, although he raises a brow at the last two names.] Got some murderous babies around too, huh? Used to it being more a boys' show back home.

[And now he figures he probably owes something else, but the truth is, he doesn't have much else to give. He prods thoughtfully at his food.] You know what it is, is a real lack of consequences up in here. Even if one of these honeys get real creative with it, still don't land 'em more'n a week in the hole, so. Real lack of fear in the system, seem to me.

[mattersverymuch]

[ He shrugs. ] Women are as bloodthirsty as anyone. Sometimes they're the best. [ Stupid Hunter. ]

[ And look at that, Omar has actually managed to hush him up for a minute. Something to think about. ] It does seem somewhat . . . soft. Being trapped here notwithstanding. I understand people complain, but there are worse fates.

[omar]

So my grandmother used to tell me, anyway. [He grins.] Decked out in her church finest. This ain't so much the kind of afterlife she was thinking of, I thinks.

I told her I was goin' to New York, of course. [Or, you know, died in prison. But that seems as good a story as any.] Didn't think she'd want to hear none about this.

[mattersverymuch]

Mm. [ His expression is almost farcically neutral. ] You don't think there's some measure of justice in all of this?

[omar]

Don't know. What's it say when a dude can get up to all that badness and still walk around with no care in the world?

[mattersverymuch]

It says that either justice is measured differently than people expect it to be, or . . . [ He shrugs. Or there's no justice at all. ]

[omar]

[He raises his eyebrows, in turn, but the gesture is deliberately ambiguous, and he doesn't elaborate. He takes a big bite of his lunch, instead.] Food ain't bad, though.

[mattersverymuch]

[ All right, then. Make it difficult. It's more fun that way. And maybe he's even smiling a little. ] I've certainly had worse food.