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[worsetodie]

Can I count myself among the probable many who are not shocked this last disaster was mostly averted by the efforts of Inmates? 

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[worsetodie]

I'm not the one that chose to be here, madame.

You do realize that a lack of transparency gets you nowhere in this regard, yes? Your charges have a right to know they are safe, or at least why when they are not. We already know the lot of you can't be trusted; you might as well be honest about it.

[routemistress]

Short answer sweetheart; we're none of us safe, on account of we're trapped on a boat with arseholes whose idea of a fun week is a bloody rabies epidemic. We're not allowed to keep the 'ole lot of you in Zero to keep everyone safe, so you might as well stop bellyachin'.

I'm not often not honest; that's not the same thing as spill every bit of personal information to the first bloke who asks for it on a whim. Like you pointed out earlier, it's just askin' for it to be used against you.

[worsetodie]

You need not disseminate all information to me. I would much rather see such matters in writing where anyone might have a chance to inform themselves. The fact that your first notion of "Safety" involves keeping all the Inmates on lockdown says to me precisely why the Wardens lack the will and capacity to organize.

[routemistress]

Oh, I need not? 'Ow flippin' gracious of you, I don't think. You can draw any conclusions you like, since it's plain to me you've no intention of drawin' any you didn't start with, any road, an' feel free to shove 'em where the sun don't shine when you've drawn 'em.

You stay safe, now.

[worsetodie]

No intention without sufficient reason. I'll let you get back to your cauldron.

[routemistress]

[That last comment gets you a reluctant grin.]

...Oh, I do all me work in the lab these days, petal, I'm all mod cons, you know.

Threadjack!

[surfaceshine]

[Hi, there, guy Dean doesn't know. Have a hunter that is smiling, and seems to be cheerful enough, but there's a hard, sharp line through his eyes and voice.]

If you already know it, why would we bother wasting our breath saying it or trying to change your mind?

I notice you don't have any trouble at all thanking the inmates that helped and blaming the wardens that were affected, without bothering to thank the wardens that were helping or blaming the inmates that took advantage of it.

The sooner you figure out that we're all people and we're all doing the best we can? The sooner you'll be a step closer to getting the fuck out of here.

Threadjack!

[worsetodie]

I'm not here to help you in your comprehension of basic languages, but just a point of order: nothing you have said here is what has actually been said by myself in this exchange.

And that is all that need be said between us. You take care, now.

Threadjack!

[surfaceshine]

And that is exactly why you're never gonna hear anything about what we're doing or not doing. Waste. Of. Breath.

[Dean cuts the feed without waiting.]