[ It's natural that an Enforcer's presence would be met with panic, what with their reputation and the fact that some of the more unsavoury members would go to any length to further their influence. It's with some measure of resignation that he watches the man before him flounder and try to string enough words together.
It's a shame, really, that the reason had to be this. Fervour, religious or not, could create many things, and his mother was a prime example. For a moment, he remembers - strapped to a table, her voice over the intercoms, lilting but cold, as she burns pain into his frame, a boy of not yet fifteen.
And then it's over, as easily as one would sweep aside a loose curtain. Truly a shame, that this world is so full of madness to make even monks suffer. ]
I am not here to arrest you. [ That, he has to make clear. He may be armed and in uniform, but his voice is calm. He's good at keeping his expression under control; but if Steinbeck looks at his eyes, he would see that the Enforcer looks almost... a little sad. ] I only happened to be passing by.
[ From one biologically modified person to another. ]
also i see he and lapis are friends too, would he have heard of julius (they are also friends)
It's a shame, really, that the reason had to be this. Fervour, religious or not, could create many things, and his mother was a prime example. For a moment, he remembers - strapped to a table, her voice over the intercoms, lilting but cold, as she burns pain into his frame, a boy of not yet fifteen.
And then it's over, as easily as one would sweep aside a loose curtain. Truly a shame, that this world is so full of madness to make even monks suffer. ]
I am not here to arrest you. [ That, he has to make clear. He may be armed and in uniform, but his voice is calm. He's good at keeping his expression under control; but if Steinbeck looks at his eyes, he would see that the Enforcer looks almost... a little sad. ] I only happened to be passing by.
[ From one biologically modified person to another. ]
Is this part of your training?
[ Again: not interrogative, merely curious. ]