office hours: round 1.

[foo_bar]

office hours daily. i'm here to help... i think.

(screened PCs with han)

Comments

[foo_bar]

I'd rather not. The less time I have to speak to him, the better.

[unhalting]

Fair enough. [No point pressing it when he could ask himself, even if he doesn't really trust that Oswald's going to be straight with him.]

You plannin' on keeping everyone updated if you find anything?

[foo_bar]

In my own way, yeah.

[he sighs and rubs his temples.]

But I'm not even sure of what I'm going to find out. If I had to guess, there's probably going to be repercussions for it.

[unhalting]

[In all honesty, he's not entirely sure how much Han could be trusted either, but.]

Well, just don't get your ass killed over it. Better that you're here than Todd.

[foo_bar]

[he chuckles. ah, todd.]

I'm kind of a coward anyway. I wouldn't count on my getting killed.

[unhalting]

Coward, huh. Didn't exactly stop you from going over and shooting those guys.

[foo_bar]

One, I didn't shoot anyone. I didn't even have a plan to. I don't think I could shoot someone.

Two, that was a grave mistake and I'll never repeat it.

[unhalting]

Even if more guys decide to jump over the wall?

[foo_bar]

I.

Um.

I might repeat it then. I don't know-- but it was fucking terrifying you know.

[unhalting]

Yeah? Guessing you're not used to fighting, then. [Although Han still got things done, so?? It's probably better than what some others would've done.]

[foo_bar]

Not at all.

[he exhales.]

Do I look like a battle hardened soldier?

[he looks like a nerd. A professional nerd, in a blazer and proper professor clothes.

But a nerd all the same.]

[unhalting]

[look, he could be a nerd and a soldier, no one said he couldn't be both!!]

Nah. But you acted pretty fast, all things considered.

[foo_bar]

I'm telling you. It definitely was a dumb move.

[he exhales.]

Which means. Contingency plan, probably a good thing to have.

[unhalting]

I think everyone's turned off of tryin' to climb the wall for now, but that wouldn't be a bad idea.

[Although come to think of it.]

Why wasn't there a rule against climbing it if it's that dangerous?

[foo_bar]

I don't think anyone thought it was climbable.

But more likely, they figured you wouldn't get far.

[unhalting]

Even if they didn't get far, wouldn't it have been a problem if a bunch of 'em got out and started killing each other?

[foo_bar]

You'd think.

[he's not disagreeing there]

[unhalting]

[...]

How much do you buy into what they're teaching here?

[foo_bar]

Do you want the school paid for opinion, or the honest one?

[unhalting]

I'm already on their payroll [well, so to speak.] and I think it's a load of shit. Gimme your honest one.

[foo_bar]

There's something very wrong here, and it happened pretty suddenly from what I can tell.

[unhalting]

That just something you're getting a sense of, or did you find anything suspicious?

[foo_bar]

[he considers this for a long moment and finally sighs.]

You really don't need much more than a sense. This feels illegal-- I'm very certain this place didn't suddenly legalize murder.

[unhalting]

[joke's on you han he's used to random murder happening with no legal consequences whatsoever (mars sucks.)

...No, but honestly that's fair.]

And that's what suddenly changed about this place? They changed it from whatever it was to making it about killing people?

[foo_bar]

Yeah, something like that. I'm not much of a true believer, here, but... they'd swear by it.