[ Because it's what drives people crazy, what makes them believe things that are never true. It's why some of the colonies are so eager to turn kids over to a cause that's nothing but feeding them to the creatures of deep space, why they think it's for something they would inevitably come back from and - in reality - never would. It serves no purpose other than that, and Ivor wonders how easy it'll be to remember when they make them kill to "cleanse themselves" of whatever sins they have. ]
But I can play their game for a while. If anyone tells me something, I'll pass the information on. [ A soft sigh, and there's a brief pause where he takes one of the glasses a server passing by offers him. Something like this would be too expensive to afford back home; if he wanted it, he'd have to steal it. Here, they're just giving it away without a care. ]
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[ Because it's what drives people crazy, what makes them believe things that are never true. It's why some of the colonies are so eager to turn kids over to a cause that's nothing but feeding them to the creatures of deep space, why they think it's for something they would inevitably come back from and - in reality - never would. It serves no purpose other than that, and Ivor wonders how easy it'll be to remember when they make them kill to "cleanse themselves" of whatever sins they have. ]
But I can play their game for a while. If anyone tells me something, I'll pass the information on. [ A soft sigh, and there's a brief pause where he takes one of the glasses a server passing by offers him. Something like this would be too expensive to afford back home; if he wanted it, he'd have to steal it. Here, they're just giving it away without a care. ]
What's your name?