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[Not much bothers him, and he doesn't seem distraught now either...but some of the "amused behind the glass" aspect has vanished.]

Bleu is in a coma. I don't know if she has any friends. Or enemies, or anyone else who'd care, on board--but if she does, you have a right to know.

If she does have enemies, well, she's not being left unguarded, so no one do anything heroic or stupid.

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Where are you?

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Is Piper your name?

And I have been here a handful of months. I just generally keep to myself.

[There's a sort of blurriness in his head when Vergil asks, and it never clears up into any sort of answer.]

What d'you think of the rat race here so far?

[ And vergil lets it go, since he's not big on repeating himself.]

Amusing at times, mostly boring or annoying. Yourself?

The day to day is just the same as back home. Same kinds of fights, same kinds of bars. So far, when things are fun it makes all the rest worth it, though.

[So yeah, pretty much the same as Vergil.]

What'd you leave behind?

Sadly, I do not drink, so the bars are a rarity for me. But it seems we have mostly the same view.

I do not understand the question.

If you got sent back home right now, what would be waiting for you?

[He has other questions, is for once just simmering with them, but one at a time. He might forget the rest by the time Vergil finishes answering.]

There is nothing waiting for me. Well, maybe my idiot brother.

[ He spoke with a shrug, which was a half truth. Since he doesn't like talking about his mistakes.]

You?

That's one way of putting it, yeah, for me too. It'd be a real shame for him if I did come back again.

What's your brother guilty of that makes him such an idiot?

Kinda hated back home?

He makes terrible choices and justifies them by being cheeky. He can barely take care of himself and refuses to grow up. [ He could go on forever.]

Only by the police. [He smiles slightly, shrugs; he understands why.]

He'd get along with my brother for sure. D'you find yourself saving his ass anyway?

Yes, but he would more call it 'not trusting his choices'.

[ Murdering his brothers friends is not trusting Dante's choices....]

Alas, brother's tend to need to be protected even from themselves.

[Here's a toast to solidarity, man.]

What would we be without them. They always seem to be the first to take an idea and run it off a cliff, don't they?

At least you'll have a break from it here.

[ Cheers!]

Alas not, he is here. He came days ago as a warden no less. [ Oh, and he sounds SO thrilled by that. Only, not.]

Proof that the Admiral grades on a curve, maybe?

[It strikes him as kind of hilarious, in part because he's picturing Rusty James (his punk-ass little brother) here trying to warden someone else.]

He's not been up to any major trouble yet has he?

Possibly so, I think he is an elder god. Just throwing that out there. What else would have such power as him?

[ Vergil wants that power. He's not dumb enough to try not watered down.]

No, simply being annoying as always. Most like him though, he is the 'likeable' one.

[He grimaces a little, more in sympathy and wonder than anything.]

If they had a brother like yours they'd probably sympathize more with you than with him.

Do you have powers like his?

I doubt it, these younger generations seem to enjoy the flashy nature. I have been observing for a very long time.

Yes, normally a bit more powerful, but here very much watered down. And you? Have you any power?

[Hah, that's...very true. It does make work here difficult sometimes.]

Less power than some people think I have, but no, nothing supernatural. Probably less than my inmate has, actually, if you look at the kind of power they covet around here.

The coveting of power is not a bad thing. Without power there is not much one can do.

[ Vergil's power hungry.]

But still, to have no power worth mentioning and still having people think you do, that is impressive.

Thank you. [He says it politely, with a little humble nod.] But it does mean I have to reach out more than I did at home, because without the help of people who have skills like yours, all I really have is a lot of words, or the hope that I can get a killing blow in first if things get dicey.

So you're certainly right...without power, we're basically useless. Especially here. The problem is that a lot of people here don't realize the types of power they actually have...

You are quite welcome. And such a way with words too, I am impressed. You seem like a man one could get into a long fueled debate with, and that alone is a rarity I am finding.

So, if you are ever in the mood to parley, I would more then offer my power in a time of need should it arise. Debate is one of my few hobbies. [ of the non-deadly kind.]

[You don't even know what a relief it is to have someone to debate with, okay]

I'd enjoy that. A lot. Do you smoke? [Even if he doesn't:] I go up to the deck to smoke after dinner. It's usually quiet up there around then. Good place for discussion.

I do not smoke, but it does not bother me in the least. This sounds very agreeable. Simply let me know when you wish to begin and we can.

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