I am comfortable in feigning ignorance. I am, at best, an information broker. I could sell secrets, if I were so disposed to it. It pays well to know many people in many places.
[Should he have a keen eye, he'll notice how ever so slightly her jaw tenses, how she glances away. She'd spit at him about how he should be in league with Warriorhead and Dagger, but she keeps it to herself. Dagger has his presumptions about her, there's no need to play against it yet.]
There is always more than one game at play, Sturmhond. The worst one is against yourself.
[Her tone, despite the cryptic words, should say enough: not melancholic, but pained in a slight fashion. As if it were a strain on herself. Warriorhead she trusts, and she'll fix herself for him and the team, but to others? No. Not yet. Not overtly. She is seen as arrogant, brutally honest, perhaps even rude yet intelligent. She plans on remaining that way for a time, at least outwardly.
Her games afforded her to appear steady and unbreakable. Yet she wonders now if she should keep to those games, especially because they only seem to work on the fleeting and not the permanent.]
[ It can be useful to be brutal, and to be rude. Sturmhond knows this, and would behave in a similar way from time to time.
But it has a downside, too. Arrogance that seems careless doesn't convey intelligence. She doesn't seem unbreakable when she's very clearly not, and they both know it. ]
The problem with trying to play yourself is that, regardless of the outcome, you'll always lose. Secrets are a commodity, I don't deny that. Selling them will make you as many enemies as it does friends. The pretence of invincibility won't prevent that.
[Because, if she thinks about it? She's had everything and nothing to lose for a very long time. She wouldn't hesitate to make enemies out of friends to avoid death, nor would she hesitate to make friends out of enemies to save her skin.]
[She's just going to set a hand behind his neck and give him a look, complete with brows slightly raised.]
Sturmhond, one day you will understand that almost everything I say is not to be taken in earnest. [She grins, almost wolfish.] There can only be one arrogant person on this ship, and people come to expect that of me.
[She jerks the back of his head just enough to likely irritate him.]
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And there you have it, lovely.
The reason they don't tell you everything. Don't you think they know a collector when they see one?
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Arrogance it unbecoming, Devan. Not to mention inaccurate. ]
No. Perhaps they couldn't.
Though I'd watch how loudly I said it, if I were you.
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There is always more than one game at play, Sturmhond. The worst one is against yourself.
[Her tone, despite the cryptic words, should say enough: not melancholic, but pained in a slight fashion. As if it were a strain on herself. Warriorhead she trusts, and she'll fix herself for him and the team, but to others? No. Not yet. Not overtly. She is seen as arrogant, brutally honest, perhaps even rude yet intelligent. She plans on remaining that way for a time, at least outwardly.
Her games afforded her to appear steady and unbreakable. Yet she wonders now if she should keep to those games, especially because they only seem to work on the fleeting and not the permanent.]
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But it has a downside, too. Arrogance that seems careless doesn't convey intelligence. She doesn't seem unbreakable when she's very clearly not, and they both know it. ]
The problem with trying to play yourself is that, regardless of the outcome, you'll always lose. Secrets are a commodity, I don't deny that. Selling them will make you as many enemies as it does friends. The pretence of invincibility won't prevent that.
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And what makes you think I haven't lost already?
[Because, if she thinks about it? She's had everything and nothing to lose for a very long time. She wouldn't hesitate to make enemies out of friends to avoid death, nor would she hesitate to make friends out of enemies to save her skin.]
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[ He looks at her curiously, a brow lifting. Her attitude is surprising. She speaks as though allies have no importance at all. ]
I wouldn't aspire to it, if I were you. That's all.
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She scoffs now, crossing her arms and glancing away.]
I can't believe I'm getting lectured by a boy.
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He folds his arms, arching an eyebrow at her. ]
Would it be better coming from a girl? I could see if one's available, if you like.
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I would say one's wisdom is not defined by their age, Isha.
But I wouldn't want to look arrogant about it.
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Sturmhond, one day you will understand that almost everything I say is not to be taken in earnest. [She grins, almost wolfish.] There can only be one arrogant person on this ship, and people come to expect that of me.
[She jerks the back of his head just enough to likely irritate him.]
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If it pleases you to think so.
I think you rather protest too much.
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It's in my nature. I fight where I can, stand back where I can't. Part curse, part blessing I suppose.