♠ second dream | day 93 | video ♦

[plagiary]

[ There's only so much exploration a man can do before he either gets eaten by a mechanical bear, or uses up one of his own precious bullets by shooting himself. So when the feed starts he seems agitated, a poker chip being flipped up into the air by his free hand and then caught again. ]

So I've learnt a lot since I first arrived. I know we have clubs and town halls and all manner of ... ne'er do well people lurking on the horizon. I've seen wolves and heard about the sea monster and watched the lot of you panic like headless chickens the minute your beauty sleep was invaded. I've gathered enough information for a bloody lonely planet guide and yet -.

[ The poker chip goes into the air again, the gold edges catching on the evening light from the window behind him. ] And yet I haven't the faintest clue what you do for fun. I've been here twelve days - almost a fortnight - and the opportunity to crack a smile is so rare I feel we all require some form of narcotic. [ If Arthur were here he'd fit right in. Eames likes to imagine that by now he'd be wearing a bear skin suit and ordering him around. Perhaps he shouldn't think about Arthur and sumptuous fur, actually. That way danger lies. ]

Please tell me there's something you're all hiding. Even if it is narcotics.

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[enchangement]

But they are obvious and their replies are obvious.

[nedofpies]

[ She's so petulant Ned can't help but smile, remembering how irritated he'd been at himself for not realizing on his own ]

They are, a bit, aren't they?

[ No, what is he doing, he's not supposed to be agreeing with her! ] I don't think they can help it. That's just the way they are. But that doesn't mean it's OK to barge in and blow their cover before they do it themselves.

[enchangement]

...but it isn't a cover. It cannot be a cover, it is not even tissue paper in rain, there is not even the idea of cover, they are not hiding.

[nedofpies]

So you want them to... either lie better, or make some kind of official announcement to everyone? Hello, by the way, did we mention that back home we're criminals?

[ Then again, Ned thinks, the amount of people here who are criminals back home is probably quite high ]

[enchangement]

Most are not terribly interested in the past. Only how to leave.

Most aren't observant. They'll take in the words, the tone, the flimsy codes but if they don't want narcotics they won't find them.

Besides, Nemo the Second said he was missing something. A blank, fulfilled.

Important information. Dangerous information. Information worth hiding would be hidden.