He watches the other man curiously, taking down mental notes of everything he can— he’s big enough to be a real threat under the wrong circumstances, there’s something just this side of militant about him, especially once he answers Fives question more like a mission debriefing than a real conversation.
Five isn’t complaining, though. He likes the pragmatism of it. “Eighty percent?” He almost sounds like he doubts it, but he nods, “yeah, sounds right to me. I don’t know that the guy’s hands are completely clean, but I’m thinking he’s definitely not the one pulling all the strings, here.”
He chuckles lightly at the end of the… well, it really does sound like a report, doesn’t it? That’s curious, but so far everything about the man is. “More dangerous for some than others, too.” Because he’s sure there are idiots among their group of displaced people here.
He takes a sip of his coffee and finally says, “You got a name? I’m Five,” he wonders how many people here will have reactions to his number-name. One item in a long list of things he’s sure he’ll grow tired of explaining at some point.
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Five isn’t complaining, though. He likes the pragmatism of it. “Eighty percent?” He almost sounds like he doubts it, but he nods, “yeah, sounds right to me. I don’t know that the guy’s hands are completely clean, but I’m thinking he’s definitely not the one pulling all the strings, here.”
He chuckles lightly at the end of the… well, it really does sound like a report, doesn’t it? That’s curious, but so far everything about the man is. “More dangerous for some than others, too.” Because he’s sure there are idiots among their group of displaced people here.
He takes a sip of his coffee and finally says, “You got a name? I’m Five,” he wonders how many people here will have reactions to his number-name. One item in a long list of things he’s sure he’ll grow tired of explaining at some point.