RUFUS CATCH-ALL

[robopriest]

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[robopriest]

[Definitely not fair.]

Come on, lets go get a drink or something. Unless you want to stay up here?

[soulus]

I'm an alcoholic.

[robopriest]

It doesn't have to be alcohol. Just some juice or water.

[soulus]

[He stares, then moves past Hansa to head somewhere they can drink something non-alcoholic.]

[robopriest]

[Down to the pub they go! He'll chitchat in the meantime.]

...Would you want to live in a place like this? This pirate town.

[soulus]

It matters where I live.

Would you?

[robopriest]

Maybe. I'm used to the mountains from when I was a kid, and the United States is okay, but living near the water seems nice.

[soulus]

I know all about it.

[robopriest]

Where do you live? In hell? Space?

[soulus]

. . . Have you heard of the Underworld?

[robopriest]

Yes, I have. That's funny, though. Emet-Selch's got connections with the Underworld, too.

[soulus]

I didn't see. I know somebody by that name.

[robopriest]

Oh, he's one of the people here. Slouchy guy, kind of looks grumpy? Give him a talk, sometimes.

Anyways, what's the Underworld like?

[soulus]

[He makes a face at Hansa's suggestion.]

It's wet.

[robopriest]

It's...not wet?

[????]

Like, its a desert?

[soulus]

Not quite. The city channeled water into the wilderness over a millennium ago.

[robopriest]

["Yes, it got water only recently."]

Wow. I can imagine how precious a commodity it is.

[soulus]

[No.]

Nothing is precious in those parts.

[robopriest]

...Are there a lot of bounty hunters like you?

[soulus]

Few of us are.

[robopriest]

I think you told me that before, but goodness...that kind of society?

[So many bounty hunters...?]

Would you want to try another profession? Is there any possibility of that?

[soulus]

Why would I want to do that?

[robopriest]

I don't know.

[A beat.]

Especially with what you told me before...you just don't seem happy.

[soulus]

That does matter.

What matters is that it pays poorly.

[robopriest]

["That doesn't matter. What does matter is that it pays well".]

[He sighs.]

Well, lets say you pay off everything, and don't have to work for someone else anymore. What would you do?