Hi, not!Mom! He instantly relaxes slightly and then thinks oh, recognizing what she's likely describing. "I didn't realize that it worked on anyone but investigators, and that you could turn it off." Interesting. But then he moves on.
"Protect yourself from what?"
There is a note of cautious protectiveness in his voice. He doesn't trust her, even less so after what he has heard about her, but he can't but feel attachment, and feels that just by nature of what they are, a threat to her might also mean a threat to her marked or the travellers. Might being the key word, but still.
"My siblings and I are special," she says, almost dismissively, but her tone turns serious when she answers the rest of his question: "And I was protecting myself from Hakan's problem child... Altair, I believe?"
It's not an accusation, strictly. But the assumption that she might have rightfully been in trouble is not entirely unfounded.
Not with what others have told him about encounters with her.
...Not that he strictly expects truthful answers. You never know with Moon. But something useful might still fall out, and... well, it's as good of a spot as any to examine his ties to her from.
"... I don't know," Moon says. "Perhaps he doesn't have a contract on me, yet. Perhaps if he tries, it will be of his own volition. But this mortal, Altair, was raised from birth to be a remorseless killer-for-hire and he already attempted to attack Hakan upon their first meeting. Why wouldn't I wish to disguise myself from him?"
And like she's making excuses. But perhaps it's one of those cases where Arcana just don't understand how travellers work. It wouldn't be surprising; they are very different beings, after all.
"Finding oneself transported into a new environment, not out of one's own volition, sets people on edge. Many people react to a stranger appearing, especially a stranger who seems to be in control of the place, with violence in situations like that.
That has nothing to do with being hired to do something. It's just a natural first reaction. I'm sure he's not the only one who attacked their patron at first meeting."
Should he point out that a large part of those living in Liminal would not mind seeing one, more or all Arcana dead?
No, probably not. Very certainly not. So in the end he doesn't respond directly at all.
And instead moves on to a question that might be much too direct for Moon, but that he feels he needs to at least make an attempt at nonetheless. It's important.
"Will you attempt to return to being a player in the game?"
It isn't as if she hasn't guessed that they might. But it is difficult, even with Laughs, for her to be entirely honest about anything. So being somewhat deceptive in her framing of Altair... it's just the way she is.
"If I am given the chance," she says, which is a little more direct than her wont, but at least has a note of ambiguity.
"Synodiporia?" She makes a huff of sound. "More likely than not. There's more danger in playing than sitting by the sidelines. I don't intend to die again."
He'll keep an ear open in case he hears of anything endangering her, but all in all - if it is safer for her to not play, which also means that her aimed-for world won't happen? Then he's very happy with her not playing.
After a moment he comes over and nudges her with his nose.
There's a moment where all her body language indicates that she's both startled and flattered--and then a mist obscures her long enough for the woman in Glabro form to become a female werewolf in Lupus form.
She nudges him back.
"You as well."
And then, almost as if embarrassed, she leaps out of the box they're in and runs off. He won't be able to follow her.
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"Protect yourself from what?"
There is a note of cautious protectiveness in his voice. He doesn't trust her, even less so after what he has heard about her, but he can't but feel attachment, and feels that just by nature of what they are, a threat to her might also mean a threat to her marked or the travellers. Might being the key word, but still.
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It's not an accusation, strictly. But the assumption that she might have rightfully been in trouble is not entirely unfounded.
Not with what others have told him about encounters with her.
...Not that he strictly expects truthful answers. You never know with Moon. But something useful might still fall out, and... well, it's as good of a spot as any to examine his ties to her from.
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There's a protective note to his tone. He doesn't trust this, but if it is true...
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And like she's making excuses. But perhaps it's one of those cases where Arcana just don't understand how travellers work. It wouldn't be surprising; they are very different beings, after all.
"Finding oneself transported into a new environment, not out of one's own volition, sets people on edge. Many people react to a stranger appearing, especially a stranger who seems to be in control of the place, with violence in situations like that.
That has nothing to do with being hired to do something. It's just a natural first reaction. I'm sure he's not the only one who attacked their patron at first meeting."
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Should he point out that a large part of those living in Liminal would not mind seeing one, more or all Arcana dead?
No, probably not. Very certainly not. So in the end he doesn't respond directly at all.
And instead moves on to a question that might be much too direct for Moon, but that he feels he needs to at least make an attempt at nonetheless. It's important.
"Will you attempt to return to being a player in the game?"
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"If I am given the chance," she says, which is a little more direct than her wont, but at least has a note of ambiguity.
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If she is given the chance... He will have to think on this.
"Will you be safe if you don't win?"
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He'll keep an ear open in case he hears of anything endangering her, but all in all - if it is safer for her to not play, which also means that her aimed-for world won't happen? Then he's very happy with her not playing.
After a moment he comes over and nudges her with his nose.
"Stay safe."
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She nudges him back.
"You as well."
And then, almost as if embarrassed, she leaps out of the box they're in and runs off. He won't be able to follow her.