[ Her description reminds him of something—keenly enough that, suddenly, Lucius is racked with shoulder-shaking laughter. ]
So he did - and he was quite the hypocrite about it, too, decrying the very same things that made he and I what we are! More than just that, he tried to appeal to my sense of decency, even as the corpses of some thirty of our brothers lay between his feet and mine. Quite the fool, wouldn't you say? All that for a chance to kill me that came to nothing.
Oh, but perhaps I should take it upon myself to ask the question instead? Your curiosity will be satisfied, and you may keep your hands clean.
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So he did - and he was quite the hypocrite about it, too, decrying the very same things that made he and I what we are! More than just that, he tried to appeal to my sense of decency, even as the corpses of some thirty of our brothers lay between his feet and mine.
Quite the fool, wouldn't you say? All that for a chance to kill me that came to nothing.
Oh, but perhaps I should take it upon myself to ask the question instead? Your curiosity will be satisfied, and you may keep your hands clean.