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[extendedbrutalpipemurder]

I'd like to see you do that. Though the only ones you'll be effecting are the inmates and those wardens who haven't gotten around to asking the Admiral for their own kitchen.

[atowncalledtreffy]

Yeah, who the hell has fire that close to where they're sleeping, anyway?

[extendedbrutalpipemurder]

... is that a serious question?

[ trevor. trevor please. ]

[atowncalledtreffy]

Spoken like someone who's never seen what damage a kitchen fire can set to a house.

[extendedbrutalpipemurder]

I'm-- well aware of just what a kitchen fire can do.

[ trevor please ]

[atowncalledtreffy]

So why have a kitchen in your cabin? It doesn't make sense.

[extendedbrutalpipemurder]

I'm equally aware of the precautions one takes to avoid such a fate.

[atowncalledtreffy]

Yeah.

Like not having a fire in your cabin.

[extendedbrutalpipemurder]

That is one way to avoid it, yes. There are others.

[atowncalledtreffy]

I shudder to think.

[extendedbrutalpipemurder]

Basic fire safety, for one.

[atowncalledtreffy]

'Don't light yourself or your home on fire'.

[extendedbrutalpipemurder]

You haven't had any deeply traumatic experiences with fire in your life, have you?

[atowncalledtreffy]

Nope. Not a one.

[extendedbrutalpipemurder]

Then where has this concern come from?

[atowncalledtreffy]

Concern about not burning to death from kitchen fires that were all too common back home? God, I wonder.

[extendedbrutalpipemurder]

[ Elias loathes that he can't just See in Trevor's head, like he ought to be able ]

Only the unlucky ones. Smoke inhalation would render most sleepers thoroughly unconscious.

[atowncalledtreffy]

How the fuck did we get on this dark fucking subject, again?

[His family's always been unlucky]

[extendedbrutalpipemurder]

I am an Avatar of an eldritch Fear entity

[atowncalledtreffy]

You talk about it like it's a fucking job interview. 'Hello, my name is Elias, I'd like to apply for the position of Apocalypse Bringer. Prior qualifications? Well, I'm a stuck-up nobleman who's fond of murder but I don't like getting blood on my suits.'

[extendedbrutalpipemurder]

I'm indifferent to murder, generally.

[ the rest sounds about right, though he isn't noble. ]

[atowncalledtreffy]

Even worse.

[extendedbrutalpipemurder]

Oh? What attitude should one take to murder?

[atowncalledtreffy]

...

Look, I came here to make sure you were all right. You clearly are. I'll drop off some milk in about twenty minutes.

I don't have the energy, patience, or brain to go into circling conversations about murder that lead to nowhere.

[extendedbrutalpipemurder]

[ elias sighs to himself ]

No, such conversations aren't for everyone, I suppose. It was easier to know what would or wouldn't take someone's interests when-- well. No, I believe most people would prefer me not rifling through their mind for interesting topics of conversation.

[ he doesn't attempt to appear sorry, he knows trevor wouldn't believe it. but he makes his smile a little less enthused. ]

I will leave my door open for you, when you arrive.