“If it looks like it’s going to go poorly, I might call someone.”
“Looks like I’ll live. Better call someone.”
“That’s one of the advantages of firelight: you didn’t realize how shitty the place you live is.”
“You’re the shortest tall Saurian you’ve ever seen… or the tallest short Saurian you’ve ever seen. Whichever.”
“I’ve repaired one just like it before.”
“You’ve repaired this one before.”
“…I recognize body parts more than people.”
“They looked like somebody that didn’t know what they were doing stuck things together until they had four legs and a mouth.”
“Cybernetic liver?”
“Not yet.”
“Do you wait for Nosy McLizardpants to come out of this stranger’s room?”
“Beastly little creatures.”
“Watch captains?”
“No. Ants.”
“This isn’t truancy again, is it?”
“No.”
“This isn’t injuries due to truancy again, is it?”
“No!”
“She’s half-orc, half-elf.”
“So she’s an orphan?”
“No, she has half a family.”
“Our standard of illegible is pretty high around here.”
“But you did nearly have yourself decapitated once and only rated it a 2.”
“I need a cage. We’re going to have to go back down there.”
“That sounds terrible. Did it seem like a good idea when you were thinking?”
“I can’t help but notice that I’m tired, but ‘we’ need coffee.”
“What?”
“I don’t think I stuttered. We need to go back down there.”
“What about you? Have you been exposed to lots of things, like radiation or chlamydia?”
“Was that her name?”
“So I can replicate it later. Because over-energized orc seems like a good idea.”
“Okay, so we’re going to kidnap Deth and throw him to the doctor…”
“Kidnapping is a strong word, and people always seem to focus on that.”