[ Adelis, for all it's worth, merely sharpens his gaze at the look on the other's face as it swipes off. Suddenly not in a smug mood, now, is he? It's suspicious enough that he opts to file it away for future reference, peering over the top of his glass without saying a word at first.
Whatever it is, M-21 clearly has no interest in elaborating, and so Adelis merely scoffs in turn. ]
A rather basic way of putting it, but I digress.
[ You could chuck half the people in this bloody town into the Mire and they wouldn't last a day. That much he's sure about. But the topic shifts, and he's more then glad to cease thinking about things he detests. ]
I fail to see how that's a surprise. Unlike back home, the drinking water here is actually clean.
[ That's not bleak at all, buddy. ]
It's either that, or that a few sips will likely have you out of your senses. There's hardly an in-between.
[ Listen, being out of your gourd enough to not think about your circumstances is the typical Ostoyan Relaxation. Not that he paid for that shit often, but you make do with what you have. Poverty things. ]
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Whatever it is, M-21 clearly has no interest in elaborating, and so Adelis merely scoffs in turn. ]
A rather basic way of putting it, but I digress.
[ You could chuck half the people in this bloody town into the Mire and they wouldn't last a day. That much he's sure about. But the topic shifts, and he's more then glad to cease thinking about things he detests. ]
I fail to see how that's a surprise. Unlike back home, the drinking water here is actually clean.
[ That's not bleak at all, buddy. ]
It's either that, or that a few sips will likely have you out of your senses. There's hardly an in-between.
[ Listen, being out of your gourd enough to not think about your circumstances is the typical Ostoyan Relaxation. Not that he paid for that shit often, but you make do with what you have. Poverty things. ]