I believe we are. [ In that, they are not in disagreement. The table he's chosen has a marvelous view of most of the parlor and its thick crowds of attendees, and there are several open seats he's commandeered, for the other Hosts. He unknits his fingers from where he's laced them under his chin, to invite her to join him.
Lexa. She is called Lexa, this he remembers from her announcement. A direct woman, with clever, dangerous ideas.
To be honest, he expected her to address him directly. He did not expect her to demand answer to such a question. Does he fear? Fear, he had been taught, could be an ally, when it was instilled in others. When they were taught obedience and wonder through fear. Fear, he had been taught, was gluttonous, and to feed it beyond one's control was to induce irrationality. He understands fear. He has used fear, and all its advantages. But, that is not the question. ]
No. [ Not of meeting her in the ring. Not of her. For a moment, perhaps - he was, of this society's future, as it speaks to the sentiments he harbors of a similar future for his own.
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Lexa. She is called Lexa, this he remembers from her announcement. A direct woman, with clever, dangerous ideas.
To be honest, he expected her to address him directly. He did not expect her to demand answer to such a question. Does he fear? Fear, he had been taught, could be an ally, when it was instilled in others. When they were taught obedience and wonder through fear. Fear, he had been taught, was gluttonous, and to feed it beyond one's control was to induce irrationality. He understands fear. He has used fear, and all its advantages. But, that is not the question. ]
No. [ Not of meeting her in the ring. Not of her. For a moment, perhaps - he was, of this society's future, as it speaks to the sentiments he harbors of a similar future for his own.
And simply for curiosities sake: ] Do you?