It earns Dorian a sharp look back, even with so much going on elsewhere. Weakness isn't something he's even considered. If Dorian's time is one where an unarmed man's supposed to be able to defend himself against greater numbers with no warning then it's got higher expectations than Prior has. That didn't look weak, it looked desperate, horrifying and there's one other part to it that Prior can't begin to fathom.]
You never found out what happened to him? [It just leaves a stronger impulse to follow those cries down the hall.] Wasn't there anyone to ask?
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It earns Dorian a sharp look back, even with so much going on elsewhere. Weakness isn't something he's even considered. If Dorian's time is one where an unarmed man's supposed to be able to defend himself against greater numbers with no warning then it's got higher expectations than Prior has. That didn't look weak, it looked desperate, horrifying and there's one other part to it that Prior can't begin to fathom.]
You never found out what happened to him? [It just leaves a stronger impulse to follow those cries down the hall.] Wasn't there anyone to ask?
[Cogs click slowly into place.]
And these are... they were sent by your family?