[ Lucius is being... protective. Annie is both disturbed that his "brother" is so dangerous and touched Lucius cares enough to protect her. ]
Based on what you've said?
He wouldn't teach me anything but how it feels to be dismembered. I'm unusual looking for an Arachne I've figured out. I don't want him to get close enough to see me.
I'm not as soft as I was when I got here but that doesn't mean being stupid enough to SEEK OUT actual threats like him. That's not me. I'm not really a fighter the way like, someone you would consider a novice. They still know what to do.
[ It isn't as though Fabius doesn't take students. But, nonetheless, Lucius knows there is no one here he wouldn't love to cut open on his operating table, with all their lovely and unique xenos anatomy, and also, more importantly, he doesn't care to defend his brother from such an assumption. ]
Indeed. You are as wise as ever, my little scholar.
Fabius Bile may look to be nothing more than a decrepit and doddering old man, but he is a marine of the III Legion nonetheless. Even if your spry young bones might allow you to overpower him in a contest of strength, that will be of little help to you so long as he is armed. Your only blessing then is that he prefers the subjects of his examinations alive - and that is a cold comfort, given what they entail.
[ Also, more to the point: if Fabius really wished to examine Annie, he might well send Lucius to retrieve her himself. He would quite prefer to avoid that particular conflict of interests, thank you. ]
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Based on what you've said?
He wouldn't teach me anything but how it feels to be dismembered. I'm unusual looking for an Arachne I've figured out. I don't want him to get close enough to see me.
I'm not as soft as I was when I got here but that doesn't mean being stupid enough to SEEK OUT actual threats like him. That's not me. I'm not really a fighter the way like, someone you would consider a novice. They still know what to do.
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Indeed. You are as wise as ever, my little scholar.
Fabius Bile may look to be nothing more than a decrepit and doddering old man, but he is a marine of the III Legion nonetheless. Even if your spry young bones might allow you to overpower him in a contest of strength, that will be of little help to you so long as he is armed.
Your only blessing then is that he prefers the subjects of his examinations alive - and that is a cold comfort, given what they entail.
[ Also, more to the point: if Fabius really wished to examine Annie, he might well send Lucius to retrieve her himself. He would quite prefer to avoid that particular conflict of interests, thank you. ]