[IC] [Mask or Menace] Contact Post

[dendarii]

"This is Miles. Leave a message and I'll respond to you at my earliest convenience."

The line has gone silent; any messages sent to this name only return an error.

Comments

[jacksonian]

Nothing. Touch nothing. Don't go through the computer, either.

[dendarii]

Then I won't. Simple.

[jacksonian]

I guess I'll have to trust you, then.

[dendarii]

I'd like that. Some day, when it actually happens.

[jacksonian]

Are you getting up on your high horse over me not immediately being won over by you?

[ How Vorkosigan of him. The only thing they love more than horses is high horses. ]

[dendarii]

On the contrary, it's a challenge. You're challenging.

[jacksonian]

I really can't believe that wins you friends.

[ Good thing it's text. That comes across incredulous, rather than what it actually is: envious. ]

[dendarii]

I can't believe it either, to be honest. I'm not sure it actually does.

[jacksonian]

Oh, what, you're saying you don't have friends?

[dendarii]

I have them, I'm just surprised by them.

[jacksonian]

So then why do you do what you do?

[ Aside from the long, long litany of mental problems included in your psych profile. ]

[dendarii]

.... That's a very vague question, Mr. Kane.

[jacksonian]

If you think what you do doesn't win you friends, why do you keep on with it?

[dendarii]

Because I've tried other things and they definitely don't work.

[jacksonian]

Okay, well, it's your business.

[dendarii]

What about you then? Making any friends here?

[jacksonian]

And that's my business.

[dendarii]

You can't tell me anything? Come on.

[jacksonian]

No.

[dendarii]

Tell me something else then.

[jacksonian]

No.

[dendarii]

[ Hmm. He remembers a similar game he played with someone else who likes money ... ]

Trade you? A question for a question.

[jacksonian]

Like I even need that sort of exchange. I can get you talking about yourself without offering anything up at all.

[ He's not saying no, though. In spite of everything...in spite of his caution - well...He could leave well enough alone. Stay far far away from the Dendarii and Miles. But there's a poisonous spark of obsession in him. Too much time spent watching broadcasts of his progenitor on the network, just like he used to watch videos at home... ]

[dendarii]

There's a difference between patter and a real question. I swear you'll get the full truth from me.

[ And he means it, verbal contract and all. How bad could it be? ]

[jacksonian]

[ A few minutes before: ]

I won't answer if you get too nosy.