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[lastrat]

[Bond has been laying low, for the most part: investigating quietly, observing, looking for the Admiral and the Bridge and all the other things people initially told him he'd never see or find.

It galls him that they were right.

He's also spent his time half convinced that this is all a drug induced dream meant to obtain information from him. He still isn't sure either way, honestly, so when the video clicks on, Bond's face is inscrutable, because you're getting nothing from him, Quantum. When he talks, it's easy, smooth, because he is a very good bluffer.]

Suppose this is real. Suppose we are actually on a ship meant to cure us of our villainous ways. Tell me how it works. Tell me how often it works. And what do the wardens get out of it?

[He smiles, and it's easy but doesn't reach his eyes.]

While we're here, I've learned from my mistakes, 'Admiral.' [The inflection is small, but present: he really means Quantum.] Kindly send me back to live the quiet retired life, if you please. [There are much more important things than his immortal soul, or whatever the fuck this is supposed to be about, at stake after all.]

[Private to Ivy]

It strikes me that I may or may not owe you an apology.

[Private to Lark]

Heard anything?

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[makeitwork]

[Excellent use of the word gall btw]

Suppose it is real but it won't matter in the end. [Because you'll go insane ahaha]

[lastrat]

[You know it

Also that he finds intriguing, though he's careful about letting on too much.]

Why wouldn't it matter?

[makeitwork]

How long do you think you'll last?

[lastrat]

How long have you lasted?

[makeitwork]

I've been here for several months. [Lasting, surviving, what is that.]

[lastrat]

So what is it we're outlasting?

[makeitwork]

Insanity.

[lastrat]

Then I'll last quite some time.

[makeitwork]

[Congrats sir, you are getting Hatter's insane laugh. They all say that, and everyone is cracking.]

[lastrat]

[Ohhh boy you've already lost it, haven't you? Bond is just making note and thinking about hanging up. But if you're a plant, you're an interesting one.]

Quite finished?

[makeitwork]

[YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW. He sobers up a little.]

You aren't going to last against this.

[lastrat]

And why's that?

[makeitwork]

No one does.

[lastrat]

I doubt that very much.

[makeitwork]

Really? Look around you. How much seems normal to you?

[lastrat]

I'd hazard to say that prison is as normal as it gets.

[makeitwork]

This prison?

[lastrat]

Still a prison, isn't it?

[makeitwork]

Barely.

[lastrat]

Do you know a way out?

[makeitwork]

I did.

[lastrat]

Didn't work, it seems.

[makeitwork]

It worked. For a while.

[lastrat]

Yes, I can see that.

[makeitwork]

You don't know anything.