Ah, you misunderstand. I'm not saying you should trust me—very much the opposite. I'd consider you an idiot if you did.
[ they are not asking for trust. ]
However, practically speaking, you stand to gain more from working with us than not. Especially because—as I said, I'm fairly weak. I may be in a position of relative power to you, but that doesn't mean you couldn't just kill me.
I'm aware of that, so. I don't consider myself much of a threat to you. Though it flatters me you'd consider me one.
You do not always have to be strong to be a threat to someone. Surely you’re aware of that?
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An adjustment period would be nice. Perhaps I’ll decide I’m ready to be a little more trusting then. [ and then ironically he was because nehan just mcheckin’ died. ]
[ even so, they're possibly being sincere about this since they are extremely killable and demonstrate this immediately. ]
Though again, I really have no interest in your trust... We can get along amicably enough without it. [ they do not sound amicable, they sound permanently exhausted ] How well have you been adjusting to this hellhole?
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[They say this, but don't actually sound very judgmental. More like, unsurprised.]
Nothing like that, no. You're both putting your lives on the line, so it's only fair you both have to put your chips in. 'Fair' as it gets, anyway.
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but the continuation has him sighing, a little put out. ]
A pity. The consequences are a bit too much in this case, I think. I'm not knowingly signing my own death warrant.
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You can try to find other ways to help yourselves out of here. We're looking into it, but I doubt you all want to sit like sheep in a pen.
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Well, if there’s something hiding under this village I suppose we’ll need shovels. [ and a will to dig. ]
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Sorry. You might have to recruit the others for manual labor.
Is that your request for the week? A shovel? [They sound sooooo serious about this.]
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[ noooo. ]
Although-- is it one request overall, or one per each one of you? [ loop holes? ]
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Oh, you do have some cheek on you. One overall. We do communicate. [ no trying to ask dad because mom says no. ]
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Oh, my apologies for not being quite as entertaining after the whole kidnap and monster cult sacrifice thing. I’ll do better next time.
[ awwwww. he does nod though. ]
Better than nothing.
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coolly: ]
Please do. If we must be called out here like this, I'd at least like to be entertained a little.
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I did anticipate it, though most people have asked very inane personal questions.
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[ four mysterious strangers… oooh who could they be. ]
Getting to know if someone’s a threat or not is rather important.
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And? You've had a minute to assess. Do you consider me a threat?
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Right now? Somewhat.
[ after friday? less so. ]
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[ they sound very mildly amused. not in a genuinely mirthful way. ]
In my opinion, I'm not very dangerous.
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Would you automatically trust four people appearing in front of you right after you got kidnapped?
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[ they are not asking for trust. ]
However, practically speaking, you stand to gain more from working with us than not. Especially because—as I said, I'm fairly weak. I may be in a position of relative power to you, but that doesn't mean you couldn't just kill me.
I'm aware of that, so. I don't consider myself much of a threat to you. Though it flatters me you'd consider me one.
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[ … ]
An adjustment period would be nice. Perhaps I’ll decide I’m ready to be a little more trusting then. [ and then ironically he was because nehan just mcheckin’ died. ]
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[ even so, they're possibly being sincere about this since they are extremely killable and demonstrate this immediately. ]
Though again, I really have no interest in your trust... We can get along amicably enough without it. [ they do not sound amicable, they sound permanently exhausted ] How well have you been adjusting to this hellhole?
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Amicable is better than you exerting power and rank over us. I suppose.
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I'd like to think so. I'm not someone of any sort of status anyway, wouldn't be very good at pretending otherwise.
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I would say in this situation your status is higher than ours on principle, personally. I’m not sure that provides you with any benefits, however.