07-27-2020, 10:29 AM
Allan already knew he was expendable. He wondered what the Ascendancy might do if things went south. There were a lot of questions and he nodded his affirmation. He knew the job. He wondered if Nox knew the job.
"We do wonder. There is a game circulating -- a bet sort of. But none of us question it's necessity." Allan knew if the Ascendancy wished him to know he'd tell him, there was no point in asking. The conversations they had proved as much. They were not friends, but Allan hoped he was respected slightly. "Though they are awful noising -- when it's the dead of night and all the doctors are in their quarters you can hear the work from our rooms. The soft clang clang clang like we were working on an old railroad."
"We do wonder. There is a game circulating -- a bet sort of. But none of us question it's necessity." Allan knew if the Ascendancy wished him to know he'd tell him, there was no point in asking. The conversations they had proved as much. They were not friends, but Allan hoped he was respected slightly. "Though they are awful noising -- when it's the dead of night and all the doctors are in their quarters you can hear the work from our rooms. The soft clang clang clang like we were working on an old railroad."