[shakes head, clucks tongue] And here I was, so considerately letting you move on from saying something so idiotic without comment. Will be nice ever even appear to be worth it...
[He's done that twice now, both times when she's brought up emotions. Her feeling sorry for him, and the last question. She watches him a moment, evaluating. He asked her to challenge his honesty, and he deflects on her first question after that with an insult.]
Yes, I've heard an approximate calculation of how many lives you've taken over the years. My original question is if you actually cared for any of them, or, I suppose, if you care for someone now, just to cover all my bases.
Ah, I see. I hadn't realized those questions were related. Now it's irreparably tainted by a false premise...
I do wonder what calculations you've heard. After all, I've only ever taken one life. [smiles] You'd be surprised how much more interesting it is to get others to do it.
[... honestly watching people beef it hard for ten minutes before walking away as if they had some grand victory is one of the weirdest things passengers do and he will never understand it.]
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We've established that in general you don't care if you torment and enslave others, despite that being in your own history.
But have you truly felt nothing for any of the passengers in all that time? Not even once?
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Did they die here on your ship?
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Yes, I've heard an approximate calculation of how many lives you've taken over the years. My original question is if you actually cared for any of them, or, I suppose, if you care for someone now, just to cover all my bases.
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I do wonder what calculations you've heard. After all, I've only ever taken one life. [smiles] You'd be surprised how much more interesting it is to get others to do it.
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Oh I'm sure it's fascinating creating circumstances where people need to kill each other. Care to tell me more about it?
[It's like comparing notes, which...is an odd way of looking at it.]
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[cocks head]
You do know you're asking the wrong questions, don't you, Miss Meira.
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I don't know who that is.
[But she feels she should, which is incredibly aggravating]
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[like unless you count--]
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And what do I need to admit in order to receive more than sly smiles and non-answers?
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Do you have a soul, Captain?
[It's about as direct as she can be.]
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Do you mind if I test that?
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[Very few would play with that kind of magic. Ari and Nobunaga are both out of their minds if she really thinks about it.]
You certainly aren't the Evil Overlord I expected.
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[Time to go.]
It was very enlightening to meet you. And as I'm sure you have some insult or snarky comment to follow my farewell, feel free to keep it to yourself.
[She's just going to leave now.]
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