Vander gave a glance over toward Eldritch, as she commented. It wasn't flirtatious, but man there was something about it that gave him an uneasy vibe. Chills crept over his skin as he talked to her, and for just the briefest moment he wondered if there was actually something to the nickname he had given her.
No, of course that's ridiculous, he quickly reminded himself, but there was no question that she was deep in the Dark Side. She was a sadist, wasn't she? He could sense it. Most Sith were not "kind" and they certainly weren't people that Vander could trust, but there was a deeper layer of those who just enjoyed inflicting pain for the sake of it. And that layer wasn't a small one, either.
He listened in silence as she told her story, and he couldn't help but note something she added on the end. Perhaps it was just in his nature to pick the most contentious point to take, but he liked to make other Sith think. He also liked to keep his own views... obscure.
You were in that situation, weren't you? he countered. He knew that the hard reality was that probably none of those slaves were alive anymore. It was a hard life and rarely ended well for them. His point, however, was that she dismissed them as being worthless for being in the very same situation she had been in. Unless, of course - and unlikely - she thought her life was worthless, which would have been a very surprising take.
Well, that doesn't sound like me at all, he said deadpan as she mentioned him not telling some fabricated story. There were, of course, things that didn't need to be told, but most of it wasn't things that could be easily used against him anymore.
My earliest memories are of the Sith. I was raised as one so it's all I've ever really known, he said. He'd been only an Acolyte during the days when the Order was really floundering, but it wasn't doing that anymore. The Order had made a comeback and was becoming that same, creepingly insidious power that it had been for so long.
@Logan
No, of course that's ridiculous, he quickly reminded himself, but there was no question that she was deep in the Dark Side. She was a sadist, wasn't she? He could sense it. Most Sith were not "kind" and they certainly weren't people that Vander could trust, but there was a deeper layer of those who just enjoyed inflicting pain for the sake of it. And that layer wasn't a small one, either.
He listened in silence as she told her story, and he couldn't help but note something she added on the end. Perhaps it was just in his nature to pick the most contentious point to take, but he liked to make other Sith think. He also liked to keep his own views... obscure.
You were in that situation, weren't you? he countered. He knew that the hard reality was that probably none of those slaves were alive anymore. It was a hard life and rarely ended well for them. His point, however, was that she dismissed them as being worthless for being in the very same situation she had been in. Unless, of course - and unlikely - she thought her life was worthless, which would have been a very surprising take.
Well, that doesn't sound like me at all, he said deadpan as she mentioned him not telling some fabricated story. There were, of course, things that didn't need to be told, but most of it wasn't things that could be easily used against him anymore.
My earliest memories are of the Sith. I was raised as one so it's all I've ever really known, he said. He'd been only an Acolyte during the days when the Order was really floundering, but it wasn't doing that anymore. The Order had made a comeback and was becoming that same, creepingly insidious power that it had been for so long.
@Logan
