0021 - [Video]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Now this is...promising.

I don't expect we're able to direct calls to those of our choosing?

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[keeps_a_cool_head]

Then let us hope it doesn't become intercepted.

Where are you, right now?

[gard]

Let's keep that one under wraps.

Suffice to say, it's a tense situation, and concealment is the most ideal option for me at the moment.

Tell me about you.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Are you being hunted?

What do you wish to know?

[gard]

The nature of our acquaintance, for starters.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

You were once my warden. And I, your inmate.

[gard]

Tell me this isn't a prelude to a kind of elaborate revenge.

[ That would really really suck. ]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

I have no ill feelings towards you, Gard. You may relax. Even if I wished to harm you, I couldn't.

[gard]

That's really not that reassuring.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Isn't it?

For whatever it matters, I did like you better than my current warden.

[gard]

...Then I probably liked you too.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

I'd like to think so.

[gard]

I don't think I'm going to be wardening anywhere any time soon.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

A shame. But you were skilled, while you were in my company.

Are you in trouble?

[gard]

[ Slightly strangled noise. ]

You could say that.

You could also say, for example, that I just murdered a political figure in full view of a few hundred actually present and a few billion watching the broadcast.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Inspiring.

I approve.

[gard]

Thank you, Scorpius. Your words bring lightness to my heart.

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[keeps_a_cool_head]

Your aloofness doesn't fool me, Gard.

[gard]

I'm terrified.

Happy now?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Immensely.

What have you been doing, Gard?

[gard]

Didn't I just answer that question?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Not to my satisfaction. Not in detail.

[gard]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but I don't trust you.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Because you don't remember me, or because I am a self-confessed prisoner?

[gard]

Because you're asking questions.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

I apologize. I'm naturally curious.