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[socrowdedinhere]

 

Darnell: *nods* I don't think I have any skills that will be useful here, and I don't know how long it will to get proficient enough with something to sustain myself.

Zanthe: You don't have to sustain yourself. Just work, help, be willing to learn. You will /not/ be the first who comes here with no skills to offer. A lot of the j'har here are runaways from up north with no skills other than serving their master. You'll be fine, Darnell. Trust me.

Darnell: ...*nods* I just don't want to be a burden, nor do I want to test anyone's generosity. Where I'm from, even the most generous and well-intentioned social programs fall short of people's actual needs, leaving them perpetually suffering and scrambling to get by from month to month and day to day.

Zanthe: You won't be a burden. I'm sure of it.

Darnell: *nods* Thank you. *is ready to follow her, standing with one hand on Ari's shoulder*

Ari: *staying /close/ to Darnell, nervous of people...*

Zanthe: All right, go on and pick out some clothes. Three to five sets. I’ll meet you back by the door.

Darnell: ...*ventures into the warehouse, gazing around at everything, really impressed...hand brushes over some journals as he passes them, finally finds and gathers three sets of clothes, doesn't want to be greedy*

*Zanthe will have a bag for him, much like his own satchel, but a bit bulkier, when he meets her back by the door.*

Zanthe: I’ve got you everything you should need for keeping clean. Soap for your hair and body, towels, some scrub brushes, including one for your teeth, and a razor to shave with. *grins* And a little surprise.

*that little surprise will be a couple blank journals with some graphite. She saw how much he filled up the one he’d come here with, and how he eyed the ones near the front as he passed them, so...

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[neverasked4this]

Darnell: *will answer, phrasing things as believably as he can to not give away his COMPLETE alienness to this world, going with the "escaped from slavers" story that Zanthe gave him - before leaving, he'll say as much and bid Jimn good evening, thanking him . . . outside, he'll settle against the wall of the building overlooking the town...and start sketching*

[socrowdedinhere]

Ari: *sits by Darnell, watching him draw* ...I’ve always loved your drawings...

[neverasked4this]

Darnell: *looks at Ari* ………….you've seen a lot of dark stuff. *since that's a lot of what he normally draws*

[socrowdedinhere]

Ari: True, but you have amazing skills, you capture sobmuch detail. And I can tell doing so helps you.

[neverasked4this]

Darnell: ………… *nods* It does. It gets the images out of my head so I can sleep at night. And . . . thank you. *for the compliments*

[socrowdedinhere]

Ari: *carefully nuzzles Darnell’s shoulder.*

[neverasked4this]

Darnell: *reaches up to pet/scratch at his head and jaw* I'm sorry if you've been around for some of my cases and seen the things I've seen.

[socrowdedinhere]

Ari: I’m sorry you’ve been the focus of some of them. Those were...really messed up.

[neverasked4this]

Darnell: …………..you're in the business long enough, you get some /someone's/ naughty list.

[socrowdedinhere]

((Get **on...?))

Ari: You’ve never been the naughty one, though.

[neverasked4this]

Darnell: True . . . but see it from their side for a moment. You are someone who wants something, and you're the kind of person who doesn't care what it takes or who it hurts for you to get what you want. Someone comes in and ruins the plans you've made, all the effort you've put into gaining what you've been working for so hard. So you're angry at them. You blame them. And you're going to make them pay for what they've done to you. *a pause* Not /you/, of course. I'm speaking from the point of view of these other people. I don't agree with it, I think it's /terrible/…but on one level, I can somewhat understand it.