Well, all of us had been toeing the line a little to try helping you when we could. Perhaps it could have been any of us. Me, Pestilence, Famine. Maybe it was just fitting he went by Death.
[He's sure most of them would rather just bathe with leeches than risk another one of their overseers getting fckin sniped!!!! But this is mostly just mumbled since he can pick up the sarcastic jokey tone. WITH A SIGH:]
Knowing and being willing to take the risk is one thing. I doubt most here wish for any of you to join Death in death, though.
Unfortunately for you, I doubt the majority will find you either of those things now that you've shown you'll still be here even after the loss of one of your fellows.
[:BEN:S ABOUT THE FOOL-HEARTY AND RECKLESS HERE THOUGH OOOUGH he's tired. HE CAN'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING TO THAT SO HE JUST DOESN'T.]
I see... [He isn't giving them the sad eyes of pity but if he was more of an asshole he would.] Then, are you used to being without companionship? Even among your people?
No, I do. You can stop being concerned about the tense. I have my mother and my brother, and they are one of the only two people I need in this world.
It's just... I had never considered anything else until very recently when a group of miscreants continued to bother me so incessantly that I finally took them up on an offer.
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Anyway he's immediately very concerned by this because of course he is.]
Are the rest of you in danger—?
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If we do not behave in a manner compliant and becoming, then yes, we may be.
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And he hadn't been...?
[DEATH DON'T DO THIS.]
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Well, all of us had been toeing the line a little to try helping you when we could. Perhaps it could have been any of us. Me, Pestilence, Famine. Maybe it was just fitting he went by Death.
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ANYWAY HE HATES THIS!!!! Everything about him is tense and unhappy to hear it.]
Then the rest of you must stop toeing that line.
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[ it is a mild sarcastic joke. ]
We're as careful as we can be considering what we're attempting. It's a risk we were all willing to take.
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[He's sure most of them would rather just bathe with leeches than risk another one of their overseers getting fckin sniped!!!! But this is mostly just mumbled since he can pick up the sarcastic jokey tone. WITH A SIGH:]
Knowing and being willing to take the risk is one thing. I doubt most here wish for any of you to join Death in death, though.
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[ hmph. ]
Most don't, but then many are fool-hearty and reckless, so they don't consider the larger picture when acting out.
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Unfortunately for you, I doubt the majority will find you either of those things now that you've shown you'll still be here even after the loss of one of your fellows.
[:BEN:S ABOUT THE FOOL-HEARTY AND RECKLESS HERE THOUGH OOOUGH he's tired. HE CAN'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING TO THAT SO HE JUST DOESN'T.]
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It would not bother me if they did. Actually, it's quite annoying if they don't...
[ do NOT give them love and affection, get that outta here. ]
But I understand I cannot fathom the whims of others much less stop them from whatever... companionship... they force upon me.
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Why do you speak of companionship as if it's a completely foreign creature...
[THEY ARE SO FUNNY. i aki think that but even Lucas finds it at least a little true. What the hell, make friends you friendless loser.]
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It is for me. I have never felt inclined to search for friends of any sort.
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I see... [He isn't giving them the sad eyes of pity but if he was more of an asshole he would.] Then, are you used to being without companionship? Even among your people?
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they are quite for a long moment. ]
The only companionship I needed was my mother and my brother.
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"Needed"?
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Yes. My mother is the leader of our clan, an important figure within the dynasty. My brother was one of the only people to ever understand me.
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[Needed? WAS? DEAD???]
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[ they laugh, quiet, once. ]
No, nothing like that. They are alive. I meant... in the past, when I was younger, they were all I needed.
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I see... Then, that's no longer the case, but you still don't wish to seek companionship?
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No, I do. You can stop being concerned about the tense. I have my mother and my brother, and they are one of the only two people I need in this world.
It's just... I had never considered anything else until very recently when a group of miscreants continued to bother me so incessantly that I finally took them up on an offer.
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...A group of miscreants... [A LONG PAUSE.] What offer did you take them up on?
[FRIENDSHIP?????]
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...Did you have an enjoyable time?
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...
It was nice, I suppose.
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How good! Will you be joining them for other dinners, then?
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