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I'm all right. It's not the rudest awakening I've had. And they were very courteous! [nodding a bit for emphasis.] Even indignant on our behalf.
...Though that doesn't mean I completely trust them. You know what I mean?
How about you? Are you getting by okay?
...Though that doesn't mean I completely trust them. You know what I mean?
How about you? Are you getting by okay?
[nodding after a moment.]
I get what you mean. I hope people are kind to them either way, but... I've made the wrong call and trusted people I shouldn't have before. Not that I'm saying I definitely think they're untrustworthy, but - well, I think I heard them say something about how their actions are going to be more important than their words. So hopefully the former ends up matching the latter. I think it's better to be cautious until that happens.
[as for the last question:]
Uh... Honestly, no, not really. But I think everyone else is probably in that boat, you know?
I get what you mean. I hope people are kind to them either way, but... I've made the wrong call and trusted people I shouldn't have before. Not that I'm saying I definitely think they're untrustworthy, but - well, I think I heard them say something about how their actions are going to be more important than their words. So hopefully the former ends up matching the latter. I think it's better to be cautious until that happens.
[as for the last question:]
Uh... Honestly, no, not really. But I think everyone else is probably in that boat, you know?
[She's quiet as he speaks, head tilting and eyes trained on him.]
I understand. I've had the same problems before as well. Both kind of at home and at my last, uh. Kidnapping.
[Then she smiles.]
Yeah. It's a bit of a redundant question, isn't it? No one is going to like it here. But! [She gestures over her shoulder.] There's a little cafe now, and those funny chairs that massage you? And some books in the shop, and new things to look at. And a bunch of new people to meet. So maybe we can take a little heart in those things while we're here. Right?
I understand. I've had the same problems before as well. Both kind of at home and at my last, uh. Kidnapping.
[Then she smiles.]
Yeah. It's a bit of a redundant question, isn't it? No one is going to like it here. But! [She gestures over her shoulder.] There's a little cafe now, and those funny chairs that massage you? And some books in the shop, and new things to look at. And a bunch of new people to meet. So maybe we can take a little heart in those things while we're here. Right?
...I'm sorry to hear that. If you ever want to talk about it, I'd be glad to listen.
[at the next part, though, he gives a little smile.]
I like the way you think. There's good to go along with the bad, like there always is. Not to say this'll be easy, but at the very least... We'll all have each other to get through it with. That's worth a lot.
[at the next part, though, he gives a little smile.]
I like the way you think. There's good to go along with the bad, like there always is. Not to say this'll be easy, but at the very least... We'll all have each other to get through it with. That's worth a lot.
I don't know that they'd be very nice stories, but...I suppose. As long as you felt all right trusting me with yours as well?
But we don't have to start everything so negatively, do we? [Oh, he's good people. Thank the stars. So many others are giving her such alarm bells.] I think it's worth a lot too.
Come! Let's find something fun to do then, shall we? What do you normally like to do, Rupert?
But we don't have to start everything so negatively, do we? [Oh, he's good people. Thank the stars. So many others are giving her such alarm bells.] I think it's worth a lot too.
Come! Let's find something fun to do then, shall we? What do you normally like to do, Rupert?
I can handle hearing about some not so nice stories, promise. And - of course, I wouldn't ask you to do something I wasn't willing to do myself.
[easy and genuine, before his smile gets a little wider.]
Oh, a lot of things. Reading... Music... Picnics... Playing with the animals. Oh, speaking of which - Porridge!
[after a moment it might make more sense why he's just calling out a breakfast food at random, because a tiny little dragon is toddling over from where it was exploring around a moment ago.]
Do you want to pet him? He's really friendly, I promise.
[easy and genuine, before his smile gets a little wider.]
Oh, a lot of things. Reading... Music... Picnics... Playing with the animals. Oh, speaking of which - Porridge!
[after a moment it might make more sense why he's just calling out a breakfast food at random, because a tiny little dragon is toddling over from where it was exploring around a moment ago.]
Do you want to pet him? He's really friendly, I promise.
Porridge?
[Forgets everything else at once that is a baby dragon. Her eyes light up and she looks to him with a newfound ecstasy.]
Would I? How could I ever say no? Hello there! Oh my goodness, you're so small! Hi darling!
[Stooping to pet this sweet baby, her heart is so full]
[Forgets everything else at once that is a baby dragon. Her eyes light up and she looks to him with a newfound ecstasy.]
Would I? How could I ever say no? Hello there! Oh my goodness, you're so small! Hi darling!
[Stooping to pet this sweet baby, her heart is so full]
[this is such a valid and real reaction. porridge immediately recognizes her innate princess nature and flops on the ground to demand belly rubs with a happy chirping noise.]
Shameless. [he says, fondly.] But look, he likes you. He doesn't do that for just anyone.
Shameless. [he says, fondly.] But look, he likes you. He doesn't do that for just anyone.
Actually? [Slowly nodding.] I kind of have? On my last kidnapping. It was set on a spaceship, you see.
[and yet she is also just as entranced. wow.]
...Plus the Baron of the Bricks had these mechanical pigs working at his castle instead of real people, so I guess that's similar.
[and yet she is also just as entranced. wow.]
...Plus the Baron of the Bricks had these mechanical pigs working at his castle instead of real people, so I guess that's similar.
It was a huge, cosmic sort of plant. Very invasive. But we took care of it!
[Also thank goodness you really are her people]
A pig person. Boar, really. He was the Baron of a whole city, after all. It would be very difficult to do that if he couldn't talk and had no means of building his big brick house. He had these...they were hooves, but more hand-like.
[Also thank goodness you really are her people]
A pig person. Boar, really. He was the Baron of a whole city, after all. It would be very difficult to do that if he couldn't talk and had no means of building his big brick house. He had these...they were hooves, but more hand-like.
[he pauses, deciding how to describe this easily.]
There were... letters, I guess, on display at the trial every time. It was always things the victims wish they had a chance to say, sentiments they wanted to pass on to everyone else after their death. That kind of thing.
There were... letters, I guess, on display at the trial every time. It was always things the victims wish they had a chance to say, sentiments they wanted to pass on to everyone else after their death. That kind of thing.
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