[There the wardens are there to graduate their inmates - that catches him, snags in his heart like a fishhook. To graduate their inmates. And he would be there, wouldn't he. Never that sort of warden or this one, he knows himself well enough to know that. So.]
[A prison.]
[All of this manifests in only the briefest of pauses. He does not sound surprised. Surprise is weakness. Almost everything is weakness.]
A party. How portentous. When you get back, you might look into Samhain. Darker half of the year and all that. But it shouldn't take that long, this place will crumble to dust long before six months pass.
I've been here for over a year. I've seen a great number of graduations. What you see is, essentially, what you get. Truthfully the lack of food hasn't changed people as much as you might expect. Selfishness reigns regardless. It's not sustainable, but egos will do as they will.
[Really, he should know.]
You do realize you're one of the only competent and sane people on this ship, my lady. [This is not a question. It is a statement of fact, and an implication.]
Private;
[A prison.]
[All of this manifests in only the briefest of pauses. He does not sound surprised. Surprise is weakness. Almost everything is weakness.]
A party. How portentous. When you get back, you might look into Samhain. Darker half of the year and all that. But it shouldn't take that long, this place will crumble to dust long before six months pass.
I've been here for over a year. I've seen a great number of graduations. What you see is, essentially, what you get. Truthfully the lack of food hasn't changed people as much as you might expect. Selfishness reigns regardless. It's not sustainable, but egos will do as they will.
[Really, he should know.]
You do realize you're one of the only competent and sane people on this ship, my lady. [This is not a question. It is a statement of fact, and an implication.]