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[gardienne]

im trying.

you know how im going to say it. well, not everything. it is only an idea.
but as well, im going to try to pay him first.

it is a last resort, you see?

[gascogne]

Pay the Creator?

[What a ludicrous idea.]

I doubt you'll get far with that.

[gardienne]

why not? money works for almost everything. rich people always get what they want.

or shall I go ahead with my plan?

[gascogne]

I've my doubts there. Do as you like, if you're prepared to go through with it presently.

[He doesn't think she is, but he'll not discourage it whilst his own plan is well underway.]

[gardienne]

youve not lost time talking to that man anyway. you ought to put such conversations to private, you know? this is how ive been caught before.

[gascogne]

Should I?

[Clearly, he cares not.]

One's privacy on this device is in question as it is. I doubt masking conversations results in anything but a false sense of security that invites less cryptic missives.

[They're reading everything, and one speaks more candidly in "private".]

[gardienne]

that is a lot of big words you know?

just be careful, D'Artagnan. I don't want you in trouble.

[gascogne]

Sorry. Things aren't as private as they seem, is all I'd meant.

Do you not? Forgive me, but I thought you'd threatened to get me there yourself? Now you've kind words to say.

[gardienne]

me, i have a temper and I say things. I dont mean half of it you know.

youre too handsome to be in prison.

[gascogne]

I knew you'd no cause to go through with it.

I have to disagree, I've been there many times.

[Coincidentally, he'll be in prison again the next day.]

[gardienne]

I just have a temper like I say.
it gets me in trouble more than I get other people into it you know. somehow it makes my tongue run away and I say terrible things I dont mean. how is it you say? the bark is worse than a bite?
well my teeth are all false anyway so I have no bite at all really.

well you shouldn't. youre too handsome as I say. it is bad to lock away good looking people.
will I come and visit you if it happens again? you know at home, I used to go between jails and cells and that for my father's gang, and my husband's - it is the same gang - and I took 'em messages. Or snuck in food and things. I can do that for you, should you need it ever. And if I am jailed or punished again, you can help me. A deal?

[gascogne]

I'm sure you've some bite.

[He'll not write her off there entirely, though he has much more of it himself, but less bark.]

I'll not have need of that sort of help. It's quite nice, the Dominant prison, and they provide food. If possible, if they allow me, I'll get you out the next time you're in their Zoo, and assist you if you're otherwise punished. I do promise you that.

[Which he may thoroughly regret.]

[gardienne]

of course it is. you get everything nicer

but you know, the zoo isn't so bad. you get a room to yourself and a bed and yes sometimes they take your clothes. and sometimes they sell you

but that happens anyway. I dont think its so bad.

If you let Daphne go there, I will kill you. Truly. She is too nice for a place like that.

Will you really help me? thank you Sir.

[gascogne]

She'll not set foot in there.

[That, he doesn't promise, because Daphne knows what sorts of resistance he gets up to, and knows what may befall her. It's a risk they've discussed.]

I'll help you in whatever way I can, Eponine.

[gardienne]

she better not. And this time, im not barking.

thank you though. it means a lot.

[gascogne]

You've no need to thank me. Someone should be looking out for you.

[He doesn't quite mean that as an insult.]

Stay when you like, and contact me when you're in trouble. Alright?

[He'll leave it at that.]