05-17-2016, 03:10 PM
A sly smile quirked Jaxen's mouth, but he bit his tongue. Painful, metaphorically, as it was. It was entirely possible Manix, great name, was ignorant of what he did. Jaxen had been also for a long time himself.
In that case, "trust me friend, you did something. Any strange sicknesses lately?"
Sickness. That word could strike fear in sane people's hearts. For them, it meant a sudden isolation and remanded to quarantine until they were forgotten about and the government denied ever taking them. The Sickness was pretty dangerous word to throw around. But, Jaxen wondered if he might know the cure.
"It's alright. Don't have to answer that. If you have been through it, you'll know. And trust me, if you did, then you're something pretty damned cool."
He turned to Elyse. "Am I right?"
In that case, "trust me friend, you did something. Any strange sicknesses lately?"
Sickness. That word could strike fear in sane people's hearts. For them, it meant a sudden isolation and remanded to quarantine until they were forgotten about and the government denied ever taking them. The Sickness was pretty dangerous word to throw around. But, Jaxen wondered if he might know the cure.
"It's alright. Don't have to answer that. If you have been through it, you'll know. And trust me, if you did, then you're something pretty damned cool."
He turned to Elyse. "Am I right?"