[It's a lie. He's wandered through a good deal of the Barge in the early morning, in the mostly empty spaces, breathing poison and seeing clips of things past repeating over and over.]
It seems a carnival has come to town.
[A dangerous one goes unsaid. It is the Barge, after all.
With a smooth gesture, he turns the knife in his hand, holding it up between them. Not an offer, but a gesture, a revealing.]
My scalpels have been removed from my office. I would feel...safer with something closer to that sharpness.
spam
[It's a lie. He's wandered through a good deal of the Barge in the early morning, in the mostly empty spaces, breathing poison and seeing clips of things past repeating over and over.]
It seems a carnival has come to town.
[A dangerous one goes unsaid. It is the Barge, after all.
With a smooth gesture, he turns the knife in his hand, holding it up between them. Not an offer, but a gesture, a revealing.]
My scalpels have been removed from my office. I would feel...safer with something closer to that sharpness.