[ The sudden crassness stuns Dimitri too silent to craft a clever retort in time, lashes flickering in obvious surprise. He's always been taught prudence and this is... not that.
But before he can get annoyed or flustered about it, his fellow prisoner moves onto more important matters. And it's true. From all that he's gathered, the people here were never told their crimes, their sentences, their fates. For all that he knows, they were simply locked away in a grand gesture of strength, a broad and blind threat to those who threaten the Hierarchy.
It's intolerable, and he understands the decisiveness. Agrees with it, even. With just one clarification. ]
I care not to escape.
[ He's got plenty to pay for. But repenting for his violence can come after a little more violence. ]
When we retrieve the keys, free the others in this area. I can fend off any reinforcements as necessary.
[ And then without another word, he pulls his hand back into a fist, striking Laurent just as the next guard gets settled in for his should-be lazy shift nearby. It's not a gentle or unskilled hit; Dimitri's never known how to pull his punches, and it needs to look convincing anyway. ]
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But before he can get annoyed or flustered about it, his fellow prisoner moves onto more important matters. And it's true. From all that he's gathered, the people here were never told their crimes, their sentences, their fates. For all that he knows, they were simply locked away in a grand gesture of strength, a broad and blind threat to those who threaten the Hierarchy.
It's intolerable, and he understands the decisiveness. Agrees with it, even. With just one clarification. ]
I care not to escape.
[ He's got plenty to pay for. But repenting for his violence can come after a little more violence. ]
When we retrieve the keys, free the others in this area. I can fend off any reinforcements as necessary.
[ And then without another word, he pulls his hand back into a fist, striking Laurent just as the next guard gets settled in for his should-be lazy shift nearby. It's not a gentle or unskilled hit; Dimitri's never known how to pull his punches, and it needs to look convincing anyway. ]