...what if the guy doesn't actually have the page and we have to go find it before we can even beat him? [ her apprehension is just starting to add to his own because explosions are cool and nice but what does the last page say. ]
[ he nods immediately because. yeah? he refuses to stay behind after everything. ]
I'm right behind you. We're not stopping until we win. [ he thinks this over. ] One of the pages said said that mortal weapons can't hurt it, but my sword's meant for monsters and non-mortals. I wonder if that'll work.
[there's a little bit of like... a bolstered emotion. like something that feels a little stronger and a little firmer when he says he's right behind her.]
It might. Worth trying, right? [she's come far enough that meant for monsters doesn't even throw her off that badly. kind of wild.] ... If not, we've got other options.
I don't know if I'm gonna be able to do any damage because it'd just be... me, you know? As a rhino or whatever.
[ wow. character development. but it's very obvious he's never thought of her as a monster, so that's probably why. ]
I'll keep it close just in case. [ ... ] We can try everything we can think of. It's not like it's going to be a one and done. The biggest enemies always take the longest to kill.
What, having a target? Or what to do about the target? [ he's genuinely curious because he's also been thinking about this kind of thing a lot lately. ]
... Both, I guess, but mostly just - having a target at all. It wasn't like that where I came from. We tried to take stuff down from the inside but it didn't work. The Director was really good at flipping the script.
[and she's never really going to find out what happened there, she thinks. as far as she knows? ballister got arrested and is probably going to be executed.
which. makes her stomach sort of twist with guilt.]
[ ...he has questions, but he doesn't think it's the time to ask. ]
...I've come to find that those kind of people slip up sooner or later because they're too confident they won't get caught. I'm hoping the moon's just like that, too.
[ but there are very much ??? emotions from him because. i have no idea how much he knows about the director, actually. ]
[ he disliked her and was never sure how much was truly the truth so it's fine. time to beat her the fuck up if something goes wrong and nimona really can't leave. ]
Yeah. Maybe we'll get lucky and we can bruise his ego and insult him enough that someone can sneak up and attack him. We just can't let him psyche us out in return.
I hope you're right. We're gonna be fighting as a huge team anyway, so it's not like he can really isolate us and make things worse. He'll be outnumbered and then what? There's not much he can do against us.
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... Then we find it. [she tightens her grip a little.] We're getting out of here. I don't care what I have to do to make it happen.
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I'm right behind you. We're not stopping until we win. [ he thinks this over. ] One of the pages said said that mortal weapons can't hurt it, but my sword's meant for monsters and non-mortals. I wonder if that'll work.
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It might. Worth trying, right? [she's come far enough that meant for monsters doesn't even throw her off that badly. kind of wild.] ... If not, we've got other options.
I don't know if I'm gonna be able to do any damage because it'd just be... me, you know? As a rhino or whatever.
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I'll keep it close just in case. [ ... ] We can try everything we can think of. It's not like it's going to be a one and done. The biggest enemies always take the longest to kill.
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... Yeah. [she says, after a second.] Kind of nice to have a target, though. Instead of a concept, or like - you know, the whole city.
I've been thinking about that a lot.
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[and she's never really going to find out what happened there, she thinks. as far as she knows? ballister got arrested and is probably going to be executed.
which. makes her stomach sort of twist with guilt.]
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...I've come to find that those kind of people slip up sooner or later because they're too confident they won't get caught. I'm hoping the moon's just like that, too.
[ but there are very much ??? emotions from him because. i have no idea how much he knows about the director, actually. ]
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Yeah. Me too. I think you're not wrong. We've read the guy's like... diary, he sounds like an idiot we can taunt into messing up.
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Yeah. Maybe we'll get lucky and we can bruise his ego and insult him enough that someone can sneak up and attack him. We just can't let him psyche us out in return.
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I really don't think he's gonna be able to say anything to me that's gonna trip me out. [she says, amused.] Not when I've got you guys.
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