[He takes a minute to absorb all the info – all very salient info too – before he replies.]
Thanks for the warning, but I can't really promise I won't be near him. I've been reassigned to guard the hold. [A hint of wryness creeps into his voice.] Figured I should educate myself.
[It's not a lie– but it's only a half-truth, at most. Part of his curiosity's due to this suspicion that's been nagging at the back of his brain, that there's far more to this story of the previous crew, Ploiatos, and the returned captain and first mate. He'd learned a long time ago to trust his instincts, and right now they're telling him that the creature in the hold is at the center of all this, somehow.
He quickly changes tack, before his response can invite any questions.] When you say "eyes," do you just mean that someone has to have a bead on him? Do cameras work?
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Thanks for the warning, but I can't really promise I won't be near him. I've been reassigned to guard the hold. [A hint of wryness creeps into his voice.] Figured I should educate myself.
[It's not a lie– but it's only a half-truth, at most. Part of his curiosity's due to this suspicion that's been nagging at the back of his brain, that there's far more to this story of the previous crew, Ploiatos, and the returned captain and first mate. He'd learned a long time ago to trust his instincts, and right now they're telling him that the creature in the hold is at the center of all this, somehow.
He quickly changes tack, before his response can invite any questions.] When you say "eyes," do you just mean that someone has to have a bead on him? Do cameras work?