#interactions !

"Oi! What's on the docket today, eh?" As loath as he was to admit it ( so he never would admit it ), Ihsan was officially willing to be Adonis's bitch if it meant the man would give him more. More of that fucking amazing... supply he had provided, more of that fucking amazing support! "Do I get to be rewarded with some more of that good shit if I sit still and look pretty?"

He hated him. God help him, he hated him. Bigger fish to fry, but save his soul... Scratch that itch, it wasn't his job. One day... "Anything... interesting in the wastes?"

" hey ! you're the guy who walked in on- " - wait, that didn't happen in 'this timeline.' he walked in on the (justified!) murder some other time ! " how's the business goin' ? ya still in the business of - ? " - she proceeded to imitate the sting that plays in psycho while janet leigh gets stabbed, making a stabbing motion as she did such !

"How are things? Blah, blah blah. Anything new in your life? Blah, blah, blah. Social niceties, social script, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera." Whoever came up with the social script had a passion for inconveniencing people who did not care for it... which, granted, Thalia probably didn't either. "I need your help with something."

Talking to Soren was always a breath of fresh air... namely because neither of them actually had to talk and, gee, communication through morse and ASL reached Monty a heck of a lot faster than it did through waiting for his walkie-talkie to translate what the other person had said! And Monty? Monty had a very pressing question. "What's a 'name sign'?"

" life or death, gun to your head: if you had to choose between living down here forever or living in the wastelands -- not exploring, living -- which would you choose ? " you know, for most people, petey would not have to put so much emphasis on the fact that they would literally be living in the wastelands, not just out there for an extended period of time... ( at least she couldn't go there while she was underground, though ! )

“ gee - sorry about that, guy ! do you need any help ? ”