002. Ville de Rachat

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[onecertainly]

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...We will do that, then. If he is as dangerous as you say we should hope to find him before anything happens.

[ GREAT, as if being stuck in the dark wasn't enough, now he's worried about someone else's inmate. ]

[deshabille]

Something will happen regardless.

[She sounds fairly cheerful about this. It's just a fact. With Hannibal, something will inevitably happen.]

But if you're going to be responsible, I suppose I should be too. Try not to let him eat you.

[onecertainly]

[ Archie is quiet for a few seconds. ]

You don't mean that literally.

[ He says this with the quavery confidence of someone who's trying their hardest to convince themselves that what they've just said is true, and what they're thinking isn't.

But just to make sure: ]

A cannibal called Hannibal?

[deshabille]

[She waggles her eyebrows at him.]

Yes. Really. Isn't that just dreadful?

[onecertainly]

[ This is somehow both the dumbest and scariest thing Archie has ever heard. ]

Ah. Yes, dreadful indeed. [ Because one should never select a career based on whether or not it rhymes with one's name, yes, but mostly because:] I see the Admiral's imprudence truly is without limit.

[ seriously what kind of commanding officer purposely lets cannibals run around in a situation like this? ]

So we are to find a dangerous criminal in an underground cavern that we presently have no hope of navigating. I feel better about this with each passing minute.