audio;

[extradite]

[ As it happens, the boy's voice could be a little quieter, a little more distant - possibly, if he'd ridden in with a horde of the undead. ]

How do you... resign?

[ Slight pause. ]

When I tried to, they weren't the right words. Right sounding. Right on paper. Right to think abou - ...right. Sorry. That's impolite to ask all of a sudden, without a proper greeting. My bad.

[ A hint louder, more rehearsed - ]

Good day. Pleased to meet you. How do you do.

[ And now back to the pathetic old track. ]

If it's all the same to you: how do you resign from something like this?

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[ audio ]

[fishdouche]

[Eridan blinks, quirking one eyebrow.]

I don't feel sick or anythin'.

An' a course I'm grey. Wwhat, you rather I'd be all pink and squishy like you human wweaklin's?

That's pretty xenophobic a'you.

[ audio ]

[extradite]

My... bad.

[ Cough. ]

I didn't know you came grey. Could be grey. Liked it better grey. Aaaah...

[ audio ]

[fishdouche]

Yeah, it most certainly is your bad, human.

[He spits out the word as if it tasted foul.]

I'm guessin' you nevver met a troll before then.

[ audio ]

[extradite]

No. You're... special.

[ audio ]

[fishdouche]

Damn right.

Don't evver let that thought escape your feeble human think pan.

[ audio ]

[extradite]

But you won't be sick, will you?

[ audio ]

[fishdouche]

... I'm supposed to be gray! It's you humans wwho are the wweird ones!

[ audio ]

[extradite]

We come in more than one shade of colour. We have... options.

[ audio ]

[fishdouche]

Trolls do, too! Wwe havve an entire spectrum a'blood colors. Mine's practically the highest, a'course. Besides a few notable exceptions.

[ audio ]

[extradite]

Ahhhhhhh... why would you show your - your blood? How do you hurt yourself so often?


[ Masochist?! ]

[ audio ]

[fishdouche]

That wwould be wwhy I wwear purple, a'course. To make sure evven an idiot human like you wwould knoww howw much higher my rank is.

As wwe age, our eyes fill in wwith our blood color as well.

[ audio ]

[extradite]

...that's easy to like that about you. The purple.

[ audio ]

[fishdouche]

[That sarcasm thing? Still not getting it.] Wwell, that's a bit forwward a'you, but I can understand your admiration.

[ audio ]

[extradite]

[ IT IS FULL HONESTY, FAIR-PURPLED FRIEND. ]

Mmmmmm. An... acquaintance is that. Purple. Purpler than you. I'm used to seeing it.

[ audio ]

[fishdouche]

Oh. Wwell, good.

So, wwhat house are you in? Maybe wwe'll see each other around?

[ audio ]

[extradite]

...why would I go there? Why do you go to your - 'house'?

[ audio ]

[fishdouche]

'Cause I'm nobility. An' one wwith such royal blood as me is not sleepin' on the street corner like a common lowwblood. It's unbecomin'.

So, I'll take advvantage a'their hospitality an' laugh at'em wwhile I do.

[ audio ]

[extradite]

In other words... you're mooching.

[ audio ]

[fishdouche]

That is one wway of lookin' at the situation. I'd rather look at it as makin' a fool a' those that wwould make a fool a'me. I'll just play nice until they're not suspicious any more. An' then make my move to leavve this place.

[ audio ]

[extradite]

So... so, you're a rebel!