-- round one.

[throngs]

NIGHT ONE. NIGHT TWO. NIGHT THREE.

Comments

[auditor]

[ hesitating, ] Is it here?

[s16]

It's how I know your family. Or at least-- why I know your family. How is just another piece of Eden. [ Or the tech from it. The same thing, in the end. ]

[auditor]

[ silence again. the girl in her trusts him. the assassin in her hears truth. but those things feel wrong, still, and claudia feels an itch beneath her skin. in her hand for a blade. in her shins for her to run. her stomach twists. ]

[s16]

[ He's not going to be able to convince her yet. That Clay knows. He's not an idiot. Instead Clay reaches into his pack and tosses down the rope he'd been gifted upon waking up in front of Claudia. ] Take it, from Brother to Sister.

[auditor]

What is it?

[ can't see shit captain ]

[s16]

[ for fucks sake. ]

It's a rope. Sturdy, long, good for whatever you want it to be for. Take it.

[auditor]

[ fuck sake urself, creep!!! ]

Keep it.

[s16]

I insist, Claudia Auditore. [ Clay stares at her, even if she might not be able to see it through the mask. ]