( first blood slide ; audio )

[cruoris]

Asgard. I thought this place only existed in religion. And if religion is an idea, wouldn't that make Asgard an idea too?

[ Sure, it's an overly simplistic explanation of a complex topic but since it's a topic he knows so little about, it's best to keep it simple ]

Unless there's something I missed. [ A brief pause, as though he's genuinely perplexed by the whole idea.

Spoiler: He is ] Your gods. I've heard a lot about them. Do they exist any more than the other divine beings? Or are they just something that we need to put our faith in? Like the Easter Bunny.

...I'm just wondering.

[ He's passing it off as no big deal. Just questions. No reason behind asking them. It's not like it's because of this supposed divine being that he found himself in the shit heap he was in just before showing up here. The very one that has him a little on edge currently.

As for the actual being in Asgard? Well ]

I don't suppose my money is any good here...

[ He's distraught on the inside. I swear ]

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[sworntovalor]

So they...are portals?

[He's not sure what's happening here, but that is one thing he needs to make clear.]

[cruoris]

[ And he already misses the ability to hide away in his lab.

...and this is mildly exasperated Dexter ]

Would you feel better if I said yes?

[sworntovalor]

[He would feel better if you made sense.]

I only wish to understand, televisions do not exist where I am from, nor do devices like these bracelets.

[cruoris]

[ I will not kill on my first day, I will not kill on my first day... ]

A television is just the box. It has a video feed similar to this bracelet though.

[sworntovalor]

So then this is nothing like television.

[Why did you say it was?]

[cruoris]

[ Because he's an awful human being shaped monster who lives to lead you astray ]

...Like I said, TVs aren't my field of expertise. I'm just the blood guy.

[ He just wants this portion of the conversation to end ]

[sworntovalor]

The blood guy? What does that mean?

[Do you like this portion of the conversation any better?]

[cruoris]

[ It's not about televisions anymore. This is a better portion.

Dexter pauses a moment. That excuse works better at home ]

I analyze blood spatter patterns. At home. [ Another pause ] It's my job.

[sworntovalor]

[Analyze blood spatter patterns. It sounds like you just threw together four random words to him.]

Analyze them? How? What for? [Blood is blood, you wait for it to sip into the earth so you will no longer be forced to see it.]

[cruoris]

[ So you'll no longer be forced to see it? What a waste. That's where Dexter and Lancelot truly differ. Blood is what calms the chaos and appeases the monster.

Dexter's fond of blood ]

How? Studying the blood, trying to recreate the patterns. It's to determine things about the attacker the rest of the crime scene wouldn't really reveal. [ ... ] I work in homicide. [ You know what that is, don't you? ]

[sworntovalor]

[Blood reminds him of the horrors of his past, which is another thing they have in common. They just took the experience to very different directions.]

Work in homicide? [That would sound horrible to him, if he didn't know Kate.] As in...police? There are many of your profession around then I am certain they could help you find work.

[cruoris]

[ With the proper guidance, perhaps Dexter could have taken it in the same direction that Lancelot did. Instead, Harry thought it best to mold him into something... like he is now ]

Well, I work with the police. In the homicide department. I have a lab. And a laminate. [ Sob no one cares about a laminate ] So there's a police force here?

[ Tell me more... ]

[sworntovalor]

[Lancelot is probably one in a million to react the way he did all on his own. But wait - more things he doesn't understand.]

I know not what a lab or a laminate is but - yes. You might wish to speak to Kate Beckett, I believe she might be able to help you.

[cruoris]

[ Most have to deal with years of therapy to come out of something like that alright. Though that's sort of what Dexter's doing. Killing has been very therapeutic ]

It's where I run my tests to find out what I need to know about the blood. [ Don't worry about the rest ] Kate Beckett? She's on the police force? [ Are we finally on the same page again? ]

[sworntovalor]

[As is fighting tyranny for Lancelot.]

I think she is, yes.