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chillestrogue
2018-03-15 07:46 pm (UTC)
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Mmn. Yeah. I can imagine it would be.
How'd you kill him? He just sort of fell over; couldn't see any external wounds, not that I went poking around too much.
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hollow_king
2018-03-15 07:48 pm (UTC)
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Magic.
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chillestrogue
2018-03-15 07:49 pm (UTC)
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Not one of my areas of expertise, unfortunately.
Was this a one-time deal, or a rotating schedule kind of thing?
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hollow_king
2018-03-15 07:50 pm (UTC)
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I couldn't say.
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chillestrogue
2018-03-15 07:52 pm (UTC)
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Where it stands now. He wakes up, you get out of Zero. You kill him again, or only if he brings you back?
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hollow_king
2018-03-15 07:54 pm (UTC)
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It depends on him.
Or the Admiral, I suppose.
[While he's here, he can't know for
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that Odd's heart hadn't been restored.]
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chillestrogue
2018-03-15 07:55 pm (UTC)
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The Admiral's not a great person to depend on.
How's the magic work?
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hollow_king
2018-03-15 07:59 pm (UTC)
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What's the nature of your interest in him?
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chillestrogue
2018-03-15 08:00 pm (UTC)
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He's a naive kid who's a few centuries behind the curve compared to his inmate. I'd like to make sure he doesn't wind up completely broken by the experience.
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hollow_king
2018-03-15 08:02 pm (UTC)
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Those true enough facts, not an answer to why.
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chillestrogue
2018-03-15 09:55 pm (UTC)
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I like him. And I sympathize with both of you.
I've been to prison, and I've been an inmate here, and I've lost the ability to make choices more than once.
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hollow_king
2018-03-15 10:00 pm (UTC)
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Sympathy is a bad habit.
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chillestrogue
2018-03-15 10:03 pm (UTC)
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Tell me about it.
I'd lie to you about my motivations, but you sound like you'd be able to tell if I did.
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hollow_king
2018-03-15 10:13 pm (UTC)
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I have experience looking past lies. Besides, you would not be able to find one that would serve you any better than the truth.
He's of same age as my eldest son was, which is a man grown, however much it can feel like it is not much more than a child.
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chillestrogue
2018-03-15 10:15 pm (UTC)
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You kill a lot of children?
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hollow_king
2018-03-15 10:18 pm (UTC)
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Yes.
[And he's never been one to think that qualifiers make it any better.]
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chillestrogue
2018-03-15 10:20 pm (UTC)
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How did it feel, killing this one?
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hollow_king
2018-03-15 10:24 pm (UTC)
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Like nothing. I would say it comes from four hundred years of killing those I care about, but I was never one who held much sympathy for my captors.
You should avoid the feeling that you can understand my situation, that which makes you tempted to hold out any sympathy for me.
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chillestrogue
2018-03-15 10:37 pm (UTC)
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Believe me, I'm trying. I killed my own inmate and she wanted me to leave her dead.
But we're getting off-topic here. My problem is preventing this from happening in the future.
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hollow_king
2018-03-15 10:40 pm (UTC)
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I assume you did not abide by her wish.
As I said, Odd may be young but he is old enough for the world to treat him as an adult. I believe that makes it his problem.
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chillestrogue
2018-03-15 10:46 pm (UTC)
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I agree. But I'm also offering, as his friend, to
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hollow_king
2018-03-15 10:47 pm (UTC)
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There is nothing you can do.
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chillestrogue
2018-03-15 10:55 pm (UTC)
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For now.
Talk later. He's waking up.
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hollow_king
2018-03-15 10:56 pm (UTC)
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How'd you kill him? He just sort of fell over; couldn't see any external wounds, not that I went poking around too much.
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Was this a one-time deal, or a rotating schedule kind of thing?
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Or the Admiral, I suppose.
[While he's here, he can't know for sure that Odd's heart hadn't been restored.]
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How's the magic work?
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I've been to prison, and I've been an inmate here, and I've lost the ability to make choices more than once.
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I'd lie to you about my motivations, but you sound like you'd be able to tell if I did.
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He's of same age as my eldest son was, which is a man grown, however much it can feel like it is not much more than a child.
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[And he's never been one to think that qualifiers make it any better.]
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You should avoid the feeling that you can understand my situation, that which makes you tempted to hold out any sympathy for me.
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But we're getting off-topic here. My problem is preventing this from happening in the future.
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As I said, Odd may be young but he is old enough for the world to treat him as an adult. I believe that makes it his problem.
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Talk later. He's waking up.
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