"You think you can convince any given Accepted to let you bite them? With how things are right now?" Sam asked in disbelief, not allowing that one to slide. Edy liked to present herself as apart from the world's problems, but surely she had to be more aware of them than that.
Talk of Remi pulled him away from his train of thought though and he nodded at the question about his exe's shifts. He didn't know all that Remi could do nowadays, but Sam knew he was powerful. A small smile began to rest on his lips at her suggestion, the thought amusing, though he shook his head. "I'm pretty sure I've used up all the seductive power I have over Remi. And I don't think even both of us together could take him in a fight."
The smile grew larger, Sam quite amused by the idea of an Edy dragon going around smashing buildings (he didn't ask and chose to simply hope that they had not been occupied). "I'm surprised you ever turned yourself back into a human again." Of all the people Sam could imagine choosing to stay a dragon for life, Edy was top of the list.
He was surprised by her reaction to his answer about his chances in the war. Edy wasn't wrong, but it still felt odd to acknowledge his own strength when so much of his life had been spent being weak. Sam looked down at his hands, one gloved and one not, and flexed his fingers in and out a few times. "I guess. Doesn't feel like it, though. I'm still down a lot of upgrades from when I left the Voice and she took them away." It would be hard to tell if there was regret in his voice, because Sam himself wasn't sure.
Watching Edy collapse next to him, Sam turned towards her, leaning against the cave wall with the top of his shoulders and neck, legs in fancy formal pants stretched out on the dirty floor. "Yeah I...heard. I suppose I don't need to ask if you um, have any hard feelings about that?"
Talk of Remi pulled him away from his train of thought though and he nodded at the question about his exe's shifts. He didn't know all that Remi could do nowadays, but Sam knew he was powerful. A small smile began to rest on his lips at her suggestion, the thought amusing, though he shook his head. "I'm pretty sure I've used up all the seductive power I have over Remi. And I don't think even both of us together could take him in a fight."
The smile grew larger, Sam quite amused by the idea of an Edy dragon going around smashing buildings (he didn't ask and chose to simply hope that they had not been occupied). "I'm surprised you ever turned yourself back into a human again." Of all the people Sam could imagine choosing to stay a dragon for life, Edy was top of the list.
He was surprised by her reaction to his answer about his chances in the war. Edy wasn't wrong, but it still felt odd to acknowledge his own strength when so much of his life had been spent being weak. Sam looked down at his hands, one gloved and one not, and flexed his fingers in and out a few times. "I guess. Doesn't feel like it, though. I'm still down a lot of upgrades from when I left the Voice and she took them away." It would be hard to tell if there was regret in his voice, because Sam himself wasn't sure.
Watching Edy collapse next to him, Sam turned towards her, leaning against the cave wall with the top of his shoulders and neck, legs in fancy formal pants stretched out on the dirty floor. "Yeah I...heard. I suppose I don't need to ask if you um, have any hard feelings about that?"
SAMUEL
I somehow still lost
I somehow always do
I somehow always do
