[Guard a head. And Dagger. He won't shoot a member of his crew for hers. That's one line he's not crossing. But he's also sure that if he tells them now's not the time, they'll listen.
Of course, now could be the time. Dagger's vulnerable, the head's valuable... but that's not his way.]
Orders sound easy enough. And that's an interesting glow there.
[He may have seen a glow just recently.]
What's causing it?
[And then it hits him, and maybe he should have had this guess before when he'd failed to find a power source for the statue. What if the statue... hadn't always been a statue? What if the sentient people of this world didn't make it; it had been one of the sentient inhabitants?
It's a long shot. And he's glad that most of his face doesn't move, because if he'd been human there would have been a whole lot of facial expression going on right there.]
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Of course, now could be the time. Dagger's vulnerable, the head's valuable... but that's not his way.]
Orders sound easy enough. And that's an interesting glow there.
[He may have seen a glow just recently.]
What's causing it?
[And then it hits him, and maybe he should have had this guess before when he'd failed to find a power source for the statue. What if the statue... hadn't always been a statue? What if the sentient people of this world didn't make it; it had been one of the sentient inhabitants?
It's a long shot. And he's glad that most of his face doesn't move, because if he'd been human there would have been a whole lot of facial expression going on right there.]