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How easy would it be for hi Obsidians do it to captured Gray legionnaires and Golds Would I scream like those poor bastards?

“Eveything here he stole with his own hand There was a Duchess before hio says

“Surprised he doesn’t have the children in here on a pedestal” I fish for a hint of their whereabouts Would be a sha to show for it Gorgo doesn’t take the bait “Back to the ants…they soothe hio does not reply He just sits there like a cultured yeti with those eerie eyes bugging out of his cadaverous face “You don’t like o?”

“No”

“May I ask why?”

“You talk too much”

“So?”

“Talking wastes wind, slows cogitation Unlike you, I don’t need to wag ue to soothe my nerves”

“Communication is the soul of civilization Othere’re like the, and toiling If you express yourself only through your work, what are you but an ant?” I want to get a rise out of him His quietness irks me “You really should try it”

“I told him he should kill you Like that Green”

“I take it back Maybe stick to silence”

“I still think he should kill you”

Gorgo isn’t the sort ofyour mortality

“But death is so permanent You’d miss me” I puff a cloud of smoke between us “Any particular reason you want to put ht

Gorgo doesn’t answer I eye his black duster and black boots “I’ve alondered, the dusters…do they give theo out and buy your own from a criminal apparel store?”