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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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[an_abomination]

[Blinks.] Kon-El, I'm just leaving the gym.

[mattersverymuch]

Not yours. You have yet to prove you're anything but inconsequential. The Admiral's.

[an_abomination]

Oh, he's just known as The Admiral and I'm not sure of his exact location. It's somewhere on the Barge.

[mattersverymuch]

What wonderful help you are. I shall have my thanks engraved on some sort of rare mineral and sent your way.

[an_abomination]

Are you always this charming or am I just lucky?

[mattersverymuch]

I couldn't begin to say how lucky you are. Then again, you are here . . .

[an_abomination]

It's not so bad, half of it is what you make of it.

[mattersverymuch]

Oh, no. It's an optimist.

[an_abomination]

If you want to leave this place, you need to look at this place as an opportunity. Otherwise you're going to be stuck here a lot longer than you'd like.

[mattersverymuch]

[ deadpan ] Lie in order to reform.

[an_abomination]

I wouldn't count on that. Eventually you'll get assigned a Warden and the two of you can work on your reformation.

[mattersverymuch]

What a charming euphemism that is.

[an_abomination]

Our title is even better, we're Inmates.

[mattersverymuch]

For a prison, it's fairly roomy.

[an_abomination]

Wait until you see the view if you haven't already.

[mattersverymuch]

I have. Better than through city lights, but it's only space.

[an_abomination]

Space filled with hundreds of celestial bodies. We get to visit some of them as well.

[mattersverymuch]

For trade or pleasure?

[an_abomination]

Usually neither.

[mattersverymuch]

Then for what?

[an_abomination]

My guess, though I can't say for sure, is to foster a sense of team work and help out other planets that are in peril. I've only been to two official ports and one that wasn't meant to happen.

[mattersverymuch]

[ deadpan ] Foster a sense of teamwork.

Oh, good. I've always wanted to be part of a team. Do we get special uniforms?

[an_abomination]

[Grins.] Some people here have special uniforms, I'm sure if you really wanted one someone could hook you up.

[mattersverymuch]

How depressing. No, I'll graciously decline, I think.

[an_abomination]

Anyway, that is the basic run down of this place. Have any other questions?