Okay. Just...give him a moment to stare at that and frown. A demon, perhaps? Or some sort of Septentrione-esque being...a harbinger of destruction, whose mere existence signaled the end to come. Programmed to think of duty but nothing else. Or threatened by something if he doesn't comply...? He honestly wants to give the benefit of the doubt here, as he's assuming it's a human on the other end of the line, but...
Either way, it doesn't bode well.]
Is this a duty you wish to fulfill of your own will?
[He asks out of courtesy, before making any hasty judgments (too late for that, oops), but...he had a feeling he knows the answer already.]
[Text, anon]
Oh.
Okay. Just...give him a moment to stare at that and frown. A demon, perhaps? Or some sort of Septentrione-esque being...a harbinger of destruction, whose mere existence signaled the end to come. Programmed to think of duty but nothing else. Or threatened by something if he doesn't comply...? He honestly wants to give the benefit of the doubt here, as he's assuming it's a human on the other end of the line, but...
Either way, it doesn't bode well.]
Is this a duty you wish to fulfill of your own will?
[He asks out of courtesy, before making any hasty judgments (too late for that, oops), but...he had a feeling he knows the answer already.]