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[tresemme]

[ if you’re lucky, you’ve never heard this voice before. if you have, you’ll probably notice that he seems considerably less grouchy than he did making his greeting rounds in springstar and highstorm. tony has had time to settle in, and more importantly, he’s made some big decisions about what side he wants to support here.

…for now, at least, which is the quiet motivation behind his demanding communion. he seems utterly at home invading people’s minds, and there’s the sense of him stretching out like he’s been here the whole time and was just waiting for you to get home. ]

People here are from all different worlds, right?

[ rhetorical question, and he continues. ]

I want to hear from whoever’s been to Terra. The third planet in the Sol System. I know some of you call it Earth—the fact that you have a name for it means that you know about it. [ a pause. ] I’ll torture the knowledge out of you if I have to, but it’s easier for everyone if you just cough it up.

[ that seems to be the end of that, unless you’re a zenite, to which he then narrows his focus. ]

…sorry if you heard me say I want all the humans to die. I know we have to work together.

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[wolof]

I'm Praesi.

[ As if that explains everything. ]

You can't threaten torture and then expect some of us to be curious what kind of torture you mean, dearest.

[tresemme]

I don’t know what that is.

[ of course, he can guess, but he hates to be talked to like there are things he should know. ]

[wolof]

Mm, of course you don't.

[ The communion equivalent of a pat pat on his cheek. ]

Let us just say I learned torture and cruelty as surely as I learned to speak, and walk. I concocted better punishments from my cradle, dear.

So do feel free to ask, if you need to be a touch more creative.

[tresemme]

[ and in response to her condescending pat, there’s the obvious sensation of tony cringing away as if from an overbearing aunt he’s not particularly fond of. (this is, however, a trope he could have no possible conception of, only that it’s true in his mental expression. what is an aunt, after all…) ]

Ugh… I’ve got plenty of time to learn. Just because you have a few years on me…

[ not that he particularly wants to be really good at torture; he’s just feeling competitive. ]

[wolof]

[ A laugh. ]

And whom better to learn from, than an expert? Please, call on me if you wish.

[ He's. He's Zenith. But Akua firmly still believes in an adage from her people: Iron Sharpens Iron. Zenites that are dangerous are Zenites that will challenge them. ]