[Ghastly's smile is still one of the nicest smiles Saracen's ever seen. It's the genuine grin of someone who's never learned their smiles are charming enough to get them what they want -- none of Erskine's plasticity or Hopeless's quiet pride. Just the ready smile of a happy person. It makes Saracen feel all warm.]
Yeah, I know. Scary angel in the back room. Weird's a good word for it.
[Which is about as far as Saracen gets before Kratos, tall and foreboding, interrupts them.]
Oh, for the love of -- !
[He didn't remember the first few times. He wasn't at Saracen's landing point. Where is the rule. Where is it.
The point he brings up, however much Saracen doesn't want to hear it, however much it's coming from what Saracen has learned is a very biased source, is a valid one. Saracen promised. Not in so many words, but he did. So, with the initial frustration and exasperation expelled, Saracen breathes out long and slow and shakes his head.]
No.
... Starting now?
[He's not asking for permission. He's asking for a truce.]
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Yeah, I know. Scary angel in the back room. Weird's a good word for it.
[Which is about as far as Saracen gets before Kratos, tall and foreboding, interrupts them.]
Oh, for the love of -- !
[He didn't remember the first few times. He wasn't at Saracen's landing point. Where is the rule. Where is it.
The point he brings up, however much Saracen doesn't want to hear it, however much it's coming from what Saracen has learned is a very biased source, is a valid one. Saracen promised. Not in so many words, but he did. So, with the initial frustration and exasperation expelled, Saracen breathes out long and slow and shakes his head.]
No.
... Starting now?
[He's not asking for permission. He's asking for a truce.]