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[oohforeshadowing]

Let me get back to you, darling.

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[oohforeshadowing]

"Not really. It's just nice to see a change of scenery, sometimes," they say idly. "And you might as well see what 'home' is for me, mm?"

They make a sweeping gesture.

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[oddswerebad]

"It's interesting." Nico's 'home' would just be concrete walls, whatever he feelings about open spaces, it's better than that.

"You said it's called the Valley of the Lost?"

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[oohforeshadowing]

"I did! It's a useful place for those of us who aren't keen to try fitting in elsewhere."

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[oddswerebad]

"Was it that sort of place even before a dictator arrived from another world?"

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[oohforeshadowing]

They shrug expansively.

"Probably! Honestly, darling, I can't remember that far back. It's been quite some time."

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[oddswerebad]

"Do you work for them?"

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[oohforeshadowing]

"The Horde? I did. Then I didn't, when it became clear where one would bet the safer money."

Loyalty? Pssshhht.

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[oddswerebad]

That sounds reasonable to Nico, his loyalties run deep, but there's a reason they're rare. And not to any organization.

"That can be dangerous. Those groups usually don't like people leaving."

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[oohforeshadowing]

"Yes, well. On the one hand, it was looking like they were about to be thoroughly routed with an ancient superweapon, so I had fewer concerns about the repercussions. On the other, well...I had to have ended up here somehow."

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[oddswerebad]

"Not a lot of good choices. Would you regret it - if they weren't routed by the ancient superweapon?"

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[oohforeshadowing]

"Would I regret....what, exactly?"

What is this peculiar R word of which you speak?

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[oddswerebad]

"Leave the... Horde. If it turned out that they could've stayed the safer money."

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[oohforeshadowing]

"Obviously. But you can't not pick a side."

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[oddswerebad]

That's very true. You either pick a side or a victim of one or another. Not that choosing one removes that possibility, but at least it gives you a chance to weigh the odds.

"Just a matter of trying for the right timing." Said mostly to his hands, but he looks up again to address DT more directly. "The barge usually makes sides easier."

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[oohforeshadowing]

They regard him curiously.

"Do you think the Barge even has sides?"

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[oddswerebad]

"Not consistent ones. But when something happens, there are sides. Including not being involved. The rest of the time it's more... background alliances or, uh, friendship." He's always a little skeptical of 'friendship', even though it's what binds him to the sides he's chosen over the years.