Sometimes, you've got to register a complaint before setting it aside and doing what you have to. There's something wry and knowing in his voice when Zerxus, to those unfamiliar stars, says, "Objection noted."
Then, with a huff of laughter, "But don't give me too much credit. I got a crash course in self-awareness the day I died."
With other people he might speak around it, use something like arrived, but this is Bruce, who already knows that Zerxus is dead; this is his inmate, whose trauma is about to be laid bare in black and white.
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Date: 2023-08-18 04:31 am (UTC)Then, with a huff of laughter, "But don't give me too much credit. I got a crash course in self-awareness the day I died."
With other people he might speak around it, use something like arrived, but this is Bruce, who already knows that Zerxus is dead; this is his inmate, whose trauma is about to be laid bare in black and white.