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Gettin' awful boring down here, Cap.

(ooc: Top Dollar is in level zero and has been there since this thread, which is not yet completed.)

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I'm pretty certain that's the point, but I've never actually been imprisoned. [But he's heading over in any case, quirking an eyebrow at Top Dollar.]

But now I've got you here, we're going to talk.

[He reclines on his cot, folding his hands behind his head.]

That so?

It sure is. You wanna tell me what you thought you were up to, up there?

[He shrugs, shaking his head.]

Just came to me.

That ain't a good enough reason to stab someone in the hand. If there even is a good reason for that.

I'm afraid I'm gonna have to disagree with you there, son.

'Son'? It's been a real long time since anyone called me that. [He looks amused for half a moment, before schooling his face back to seriousness.]

Alright, then, explain to me why you think it's okay to do something like that. Other than 'it just came to me., 'cause I'm beat.

Funny you think it can't be as simple as that. [He glances up.] Obvious you think it's not, so why don't you tell me? Why do you think I did it?

To make trouble. Which is all well and good if you're a mischievous kid or somethin', but you're not.

Definitely not that. [A smug grin, there. He could philosophize right now, if he felt like sharing. He's tempted to. But this seems more engaging on its own.] Surely it can't be outside your reasoning that sometimes bad things happen and there's nothin you can do about it.

It sure isn't. But I'm definitely not gonna blame this on fate.

Nobody said nothing about destiny. [Who's the little boy now? that look says.]

[Still you, TD -- he may look young, but technically? He's 94. So there.]

True enough. No such thing, a person's defined by their choices. So what the hell makes you think the right choice is stabbing someone in the hand?

Better question: What makes you think I won't do it again, given the chance?

Hope. But I have a feeling it's probably not gonna work.

Don't speak so much for your job skills in this place, does it?

Maybe not yet. But I'm going to get you graduated.

[A wincing hiss.] It's not lookin like it, Cap. And that's why you got a lesson to learn.

Kinda think it's the other way around, but try me. What kinda lesson?

One about how things actually work.

...Uh-huh. And how do they work, in your opinion?

[smug grin] You'll see.

Not exactly the answer I was looking for. Maybe you should try again. [That's not a suggestion.]

's all you're getting.

This isn't going to be any easier for either of us if you plan on being like this the whole time.

Your first mistake is assumin' I have any interest in makin this easy on you.

[He just sighs a little, then,m dry:] Thanks for pointing that out.

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