[ For a creature like him? Eating is so much a core of his being that everything relates back to him, because eating is (in its most basic form) survival. His freedom before finding himself suck in a human body involved being able to move around as he wanted, eating as he wanted, caring about no one but himself.
Then he was attacked, brought to the verge of death, and had to give up some of that nearly unlimited freedom and agree to the rules of human society in order to survive. But survival was still more important than the loss of some of those freedoms for him, even if he wasn't happy about it.
Even now if he goes long enough without eating he'll likely cave and debase himself by kneeling for a meal. While he's still far from starvation, however, he'll stay prideful.
That pride stings a little at the comment, but he doesn't seem outright angry even as his brow knits together. There seems to be something he's realizing though, judging from the expression on his face. ]
Yeah, you're not the first person to tell me that.
( and it doesn't faze her. pushing people away, making sure people don't like her is as much a defence mechanism as it is a protection. if quill knew him better or cared to she'd find some notes of similarity between them. but she's too hurt and angry to want to, a pain that goes deeper than this place )
[ His tone is flat out dismissive, but said it himself earlier too. He doesn't feel like he's really missing anything here, even if he sees imprisonment as having levels.
He also hadn't lived her experiences though, and before Duplicity he never had to actually worry about being under someone else's control. He still hasn't come to fully appreciate what that means, and how this will continue to have a negative impact on him. ]
( at least with a prison there was an outcome, a reason. she might have said this was a prison or like it at some point but slavery was far worse. slavery was unjust no matter how justified and civilised the society thought that it was.
quill, at the very least, has no qualms about what this place is or means. there may be differences to what she's used to and what she expects but it makes her feel like she has an advantage. she's already expecting the worst )
[ He doesn't get what she's getting at with this one. He knows there's some hidden meaning there, but he's always found talk that isn't straightforward to be exhausting.
So he shrugs off the statement. A literal shrug, in fact, as if her comment doesn't mean much at all. ]
If you attack a guard they might put you in prison.
[ Not much of a helpful suggestion, but he says it with a weird amount of sincerity. ]
( which she's already considering this guy to be. yeah, there was no doubt about the fact that if you attacked a guard you'd be put into prison. though that wasn't particularly any place anyone should want to be. quill might think prisons were better than this but it would end up being both and that wasn't better )
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Then he was attacked, brought to the verge of death, and had to give up some of that nearly unlimited freedom and agree to the rules of human society in order to survive. But survival was still more important than the loss of some of those freedoms for him, even if he wasn't happy about it.
Even now if he goes long enough without eating he'll likely cave and debase himself by kneeling for a meal. While he's still far from starvation, however, he'll stay prideful.
That pride stings a little at the comment, but he doesn't seem outright angry even as his brow knits together. There seems to be something he's realizing though, judging from the expression on his face. ]
Ah... You're an asshole.
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( and it doesn't faze her. pushing people away, making sure people don't like her is as much a defence mechanism as it is a protection. if quill knew him better or cared to she'd find some notes of similarity between them. but she's too hurt and angry to want to, a pain that goes deeper than this place )
But at least I see what this situation is.
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[ His tone is flat out dismissive, but said it himself earlier too. He doesn't feel like he's really missing anything here, even if he sees imprisonment as having levels.
He also hadn't lived her experiences though, and before Duplicity he never had to actually worry about being under someone else's control. He still hasn't come to fully appreciate what that means, and how this will continue to have a negative impact on him. ]
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( at least with a prison there was an outcome, a reason. she might have said this was a prison or like it at some point but slavery was far worse. slavery was unjust no matter how justified and civilised the society thought that it was.
quill, at the very least, has no qualms about what this place is or means. there may be differences to what she's used to and what she expects but it makes her feel like she has an advantage. she's already expecting the worst )
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So he shrugs off the statement. A literal shrug, in fact, as if her comment doesn't mean much at all. ]
If you attack a guard they might put you in prison.
[ Not much of a helpful suggestion, but he says it with a weird amount of sincerity. ]
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( which she's already considering this guy to be. yeah, there was no doubt about the fact that if you attacked a guard you'd be put into prison. though that wasn't particularly any place anyone should want to be. quill might think prisons were better than this but it would end up being both and that wasn't better )
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[ Because he's not the one that said that prison would be better than this.
... but also because he's already done it. That forming bruise on his face? It's there for a reason.
He's smart enough to not tell her that, and prove her point though. ]
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You already did.
( the bruise could have come from anywhere, from any fight but she's happy to make such a leap with the topic they're on. idiot )
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He narrows his eyes, debating if he can get away with a lie. He has yet to be able to pull one off, because he can't lie convincingly though. ]
I didn't attack one.
[ Twisting things a bit with that. ]
I helped someone else out, and they attacked me.
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( she doesn't actually care whether he did it or not so whether he does pull of his lie is unclear )
Not exactly important.
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Mmhm! It doesn't matter.
[ So lets drop the topic. ]