[ He does smug like Adelis does grumpy. Some things just come with the territory. But Adelis' explanation of vampires wipes the expression from his face in short order. That's... much too close to the infected/experiment parallel for M-21's liking.
He makes a noncommittal noise, weighing his options for a second. Freeing or not, it still goes against the grain to say something that leads so logically and inevitably back to what he is himself. ]
Huh. No shortage of problems where you're from.
[ Nailed it. But there's distracting alcohol here now anyway. He takes a leisurely sip of the whiskey and eyes Adelis for his reaction, apparently completely uncowed by any threats about being charged for the liberty. ]
...What, even the alcohol is bad there?
[ Damn, man. Although that raises so many other questions like 'whoa, you were really willing to pay for a drink'? M-21 takes another thoughtful sip himself. It's not as fancy as Frankenstein's collection, but that's true of most things. He's not exactly a connoisseur himself. ]
no subject
He makes a noncommittal noise, weighing his options for a second. Freeing or not, it still goes against the grain to say something that leads so logically and inevitably back to what he is himself. ]
Huh. No shortage of problems where you're from.
[ Nailed it. But there's distracting alcohol here now anyway. He takes a leisurely sip of the whiskey and eyes Adelis for his reaction, apparently completely uncowed by any threats about being charged for the liberty. ]
...What, even the alcohol is bad there?
[ Damn, man. Although that raises so many other questions like 'whoa, you were really willing to pay for a drink'? M-21 takes another thoughtful sip himself. It's not as fancy as Frankenstein's collection, but that's true of most things. He's not exactly a connoisseur himself. ]