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God, you deserve this.
( she doesn't mean that but she's angry. she's seen slavery from more than one side, was a slave even before this place kidnapped her up. sure she could eat however she wanted then, could do much on her own choice but she didn't really have any free will. she was bound and how bound could change so easily with a few words. commands.
now, where she'd been keeping her tone level, some of that anger, that spite spits out in her words. there's more to freedom than eating well )
Deserve losing whatever freedoms you thought you had.
God, you deserve this.
( she doesn't mean that but she's angry. she's seen slavery from more than one side, was a slave even before this place kidnapped her up. sure she could eat however she wanted then, could do much on her own choice but she didn't really have any free will. she was bound and how bound could change so easily with a few words. commands.
now, where she'd been keeping her tone level, some of that anger, that spite spits out in her words. there's more to freedom than eating well )
Deserve losing whatever freedoms you thought you had.
( cont. )
You're wasting your time.
( though quill says that as if she hasn't had the same idea. she steps aside from him, giving him some space to yell, hands in yer pockets as she surveys the room. quill's looking for signs of anything, locating the cameras that she already expects are watching.
it's as she's scanning that her eyes fall on the video )
What the--
( she's far from unfamiliar with sex but the way these people were going about it was-- was that what humans really did? )
You're wasting your time.
( though quill says that as if she hasn't had the same idea. she steps aside from him, giving him some space to yell, hands in yer pockets as she surveys the room. quill's looking for signs of anything, locating the cameras that she already expects are watching.
it's as she's scanning that her eyes fall on the video )
What the--
( she's far from unfamiliar with sex but the way these people were going about it was-- was that what humans really did? )
[ 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. ]
Ah... You're an asshole.
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.
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 )
But at least I see what this situation is.
( 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.
A prison?
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
( cont. )
( her eyes narrow at him, head moving to tip in his direction. there'd been small, subtle movements, though quill was incredibly good at keeping still, at observing. it's how she'd survived the lorr god -- pretend to be a statue.
still, his comment comes across a little strange. surely he's seen people just standing before )
Are you?
( her eyes narrow at him, head moving to tip in his direction. there'd been small, subtle movements, though quill was incredibly good at keeping still, at observing. it's how she'd survived the lorr god -- pretend to be a statue.
still, his comment comes across a little strange. surely he's seen people just standing before )
Are you?
A prison would be better than this.
( 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 )
( 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. ]
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. ]
Then you'd be an idiot.
( 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 )
( 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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