[Audio] Radio

[wolfstrike]

[Yuri is broadcasting this after just picking himself off the floor. His voice sounds strained and very unhappy. Which he is considering he'd just lost his lunch.]

Those bastards did something to my soul gem.

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[radiantwingedone]

[ Just a bit.

Like this awkward silence. Okay what does he do now. ]

If you mix hot water with honey and a little juice of something close to lemon, it will help with your throat. [ And actually taste pretty great too, unlike other things that help sore throats.

... he should probably just stop talking, huh. ]

[wolfstrike]

[... okay well that didn't sound like something that would kill him. Maybe he would try it.]

May I ask why you even care?

[Because Yuri can't bring himself to be civil despite that.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Wow, rude, why would Duke offer something that would poison someone. He would be more blunt - go eat some foxglove and bother him no more. Or something.

Another pause, although when he starts talking again, its more like he's thinking at the same time.

... Yuri you all but said you didn't care about what happened that Duke remembered and you didn't, but... Duke thinks it might help, in this case. ]

After your... assisted dive into the Inner Sea, ... the dragon I keep in contact with caught you. [ There is a pause as he says "the dragon". She isn't, but oh well. ] I do not have much skill in it, but I healed you and went on my way after you recovered. [ Which is how he got Dein Nomos back. He didn't loot your body.

This could be read as "he's healed you once, he wouldn't mind healing you again." ]

... Simply put, I would rather you were capable of picking a fight with anyone you pleased, and if loss was an option it should be a matter of luck or skill, rather than... something not to do with the opponent. ... Even if you would consider me someone to pick a fight with.

[ .... Wow he just said more at once than he had in a while. ]

[wolfstrike]

[No, ur rude. Princess Killer.

... There is a long pause after what Duke said. First because wow, he's not sure he's ever heard the guy say more than once sentence at a time before. Second... wut.]

... So Judy's not the only one that keeps a dragon, huh?

[Okay okay.]

I guess I owe you one.

[Because while Duke has a history of being a jerk, he doesn't have a history of being a liar.]

[radiantwingedone]

If you wish to call Ba'ul that. [ ... how does he know the dragon's name? Future things? Who knows.

... Awkward silence makes a return. If he was less... him, he would make use of that. ]

... From when you are, perhaps. From when I am, less so. If you wish to keep track.. [ That's up to you, his tone says. ]

[wolfstrike]

... You seem pretty familiar with the Entelexeia. Is it that Krityan that was working for Alexei?

[Not that any of that really matters here. But you could just call him curious. Or suspicious either one.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ He almost says 'you know I've been helping them', but.. Yuri doesn't. They're close to a topic he dislikes touching, so he is a little .. strained sounding. ]

Khroma was keeping an eye on Alexei for me, yes. We ..have been friends, from before the war. [ She isn't past tense for Yuri, he caught himself in time, right? ]

[wolfstrike]

[Fortunately for Duke, Yuri assumes that the past tense refers to not working for Alexei anymore since... well... the commandant did meet his end just before Yuri got here. But he does pick up on the tone. He'd touched a nerve, maybe?]

I didn't think Entelexeia were the friendly type. Well, except one anyway.

[radiantwingedone]

It would depend on the Entelexeia. [ Softly, dryly, and also... yes, there is a nerve hit. A little pained?

Then at his normal rather flat tone- ]

Of course, as there have been hunts for Apatheia, one can hardly blame them for not being willing to associate with those who would kill them for power.

[ ....Okay, not his normal tone. A bit sharp. Definitely a nerve or two. ]

[wolfstrike]

Yeah, I can't argue with that.

[Entelexeia like Pharaoh were prime examples of that. Then there was those like Belius, who actually lived among the humans. They were all very different.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ He got along well enough with Phaeroh. The mutual dislike of humanity meant they could get along- ]

I would wonder if you did need healing if you tried.

[wolfstrike]

...

If I didn't know any better I'd think you were making a joke.

[But this is Duke.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Yeah Yuri why would he ever joke- ]

Isn't one of the symptoms of healing worthy head trauma not making sense? And believing that arguing that a race hunted by humans should be friendly towards them would make little sense..

[ ... WAIT that was rhetorical wasn't it. ]

[wolfstrike]

Yeah well, you'd think that but some people do some pretty crazy things. I don't think healing would have done Alexei any good.

[Yeah whatever Duke.]

[radiantwingedone]

... Perhaps long ago. But point.

[ Alexei wasn't always a crazy ass. Duke was okay with him once. But yes, he doesn't like Alexei, so he sounds appropriately grumpy about him. ]

[wolfstrike]

... So you guys have a history, huh?

[He's not sure what to make of that.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Silence for a while. He sounds like he's saying something disgusting when he speaks up again. ]

I fought on the side of humanity in the war - is it surprising that I would know the rising commandant of the time?

[wolfstrike]

Hey I was in the Knights once. Didn't mean I knew him personally. ... Actually he was an ass then too.

[The last part said with quite a bit of bitterness.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Yuri he's a lot older than you are.

He would be giving a blank look, but wait, this is radio. He probably gave a blank look to the radio. ]

He is not that much older than me.

[wolfstrike]

[Well yeah... duh. Duke you are so missing his point here.]

So I guess you're saying he wasn't a jerk once. Sorry if I find that a little hard to believe.

[radiantwingedone]

.... I refuse to say anything that seems like I am defending him further than that.

[ Alexei killed Entelexeia, Duke is pretty much done with him now. ]

[wolfstrike]

Good, I'm not interested in anyone defending him anyway.

[Cause well, Alexei was definitely a bastard. Yuri knew that much in more than one point in his life.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ It was fairly interesting stuff that he could have added. Alexei cut a noble's arm off once. But that did sound like him trying to say 'he wasn't bad once', s o


Yuri's reply is a vaguely agreeing noise. Duke may have run out of word points for the conversation. ]