[A humorless chuckle this time, matching the haunted look in his eyes that he can’t quite hide even as he ducks his head down with his fingers toying with the rest of his hair.]
I got real stubborn family, s’what I got.
[What else can he tell her? All the horrifying things- the vampires, the mess in the Matrix to try and scare her away? That would just make her more determined to stay, with him having to deal with it, wouldn’t it?] [Dammit. He wishes the Ringmaster wouldn’t play these kind of games.]
...She makes folk sign a contract, the one in charge does. For every debt ya have, ya have ta work for a year ta pay it. That can be anywhere from, ah… nine ta eleven stops. Some of ‘em are dangeorus, if yer not careful.
And when ya stay, well.. [Reaching up, he flicks one long ear, and the many earrings on it jingle against one aother.] Ya change. Usually it’s just small things- eyes change color, ya lose yer shadow, things like that.
[And his, notably, if she cares to look, isn’t at all in sync with what he’s doing, and is instead fidgeting something terrible.]
But…. sometimes they change ya a lot more. And, well, I’ve heard folks say that ya turn back ta human when ya finish and get home, or wherever ya want ta be, but I can’t say that for sure.
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[A humorless chuckle this time, matching the haunted look in his eyes that he can’t quite hide even as he ducks his head down with his fingers toying with the rest of his hair.]
I got real stubborn family, s’what I got.
[What else can he tell her? All the horrifying things- the vampires, the mess in the Matrix to try and scare her away? That would just make her more determined to stay, with him having to deal with it, wouldn’t it?]
[Dammit. He wishes the Ringmaster wouldn’t play these kind of games.]
...She makes folk sign a contract, the one in charge does. For every debt ya have, ya have ta work for a year ta pay it. That can be anywhere from, ah… nine ta eleven stops. Some of ‘em are dangeorus, if yer not careful.
And when ya stay, well.. [Reaching up, he flicks one long ear, and the many earrings on it jingle against one aother.] Ya change. Usually it’s just small things- eyes change color, ya lose yer shadow, things like that.
[And his, notably, if she cares to look, isn’t at all in sync with what he’s doing, and is instead fidgeting something terrible.]
But…. sometimes they change ya a lot more. And, well, I’ve heard folks say that ya turn back ta human when ya finish and get home, or wherever ya want ta be, but I can’t say that for sure.
[After all, he has a long ways to work.]