[ That moment of tension, of offense, makes him smirk. Not that she can see it. He notes it, tucks it away for later, and keeps moving, his slow, careful pace not meant to do anything more than unnerve her. For the moment. She doesn't like there being any connection between them; too bad for her he showed up when she did, which solidifies the link. And from what he's heard, there's more than just that to connect them.
But he doesn't bring it up, and doesn't push on it even though he could, easily. It'd distract them from the topic at hand - that being himself - and there's no point in doing something that might make her storm off, with or without the knife. Best to keep things cordial. ]
It does. Though she generally ignores me if I'm in there. [ Only partly true. Adiris - and he notes how Zarina doesn't use the nickname even some of the other killers use, which suggests a note of respect - will ignore him if he stays out of her way, but she's perfectly willing to kill him out of hand if he trespasses where she can see it, or if he blasphemes, or if she's in a bad mood. He can't get sick, so it's usually strangulation for him. Admittedly, he'd prefer that to what she does to stray survivors.
He almost, almost pauses at the last three suggestions, because one is right, one is the fake right, and one is actually offensive. Does she really think that he'd - ? But why would she have any idea? He snorts, taking a second to pause behind her. ]
The meat plant stinks and nobody likes the school. [ Not actually you're wrong, but being dismissive is a way to keep her mind off it. ] But the resort ... it's cold, it's quiet, you and yours don't generally trespass on it, and I can usually talk Legion around to letting me stay there for a while. It's not a bad place to be.
[ In truth, it's probably the 'favorite', since the meat plant really does reek worse than anything else in the fog that he's run across, but it's the one place where he can almost guarantee his own safety and, most importantly, privacy. Amanda doesn't give a shit about him. ]
Though they aren't as inclined to kind to survivors, I'm sure you've noticed.
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But he doesn't bring it up, and doesn't push on it even though he could, easily. It'd distract them from the topic at hand - that being himself - and there's no point in doing something that might make her storm off, with or without the knife. Best to keep things cordial. ]
It does. Though she generally ignores me if I'm in there. [ Only partly true. Adiris - and he notes how Zarina doesn't use the nickname even some of the other killers use, which suggests a note of respect - will ignore him if he stays out of her way, but she's perfectly willing to kill him out of hand if he trespasses where she can see it, or if he blasphemes, or if she's in a bad mood. He can't get sick, so it's usually strangulation for him. Admittedly, he'd prefer that to what she does to stray survivors.
He almost, almost pauses at the last three suggestions, because one is right, one is the fake right, and one is actually offensive. Does she really think that he'd - ? But why would she have any idea? He snorts, taking a second to pause behind her. ]
The meat plant stinks and nobody likes the school. [ Not actually you're wrong, but being dismissive is a way to keep her mind off it. ] But the resort ... it's cold, it's quiet, you and yours don't generally trespass on it, and I can usually talk Legion around to letting me stay there for a while. It's not a bad place to be.
[ In truth, it's probably the 'favorite', since the meat plant really does reek worse than anything else in the fog that he's run across, but it's the one place where he can almost guarantee his own safety and, most importantly, privacy. Amanda doesn't give a shit about him. ]
Though they aren't as inclined to kind to survivors, I'm sure you've noticed.