needshumility | 1.1.01.01.034: open returns.

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1.1.01.01.034: open returns.

[Eddie has his stiff, formal tone on.]

It seems Tommy has left. I don't know if it's permanent or not, but all evidence points to permanent.

[pause pause]

We should make sure people aren't forgotten here. Somehow.

[pause, pause. He sounds like he going to say something else, then just... doesn't.]

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Yes. The ability of the human mind to adjust to damn near anything is a tool that's very prone to abuse.

I liked Tommy. I think he'd have been good for the right inmate. It's a pity we'll never know.

And it's only when you see something else that it hits you.

It is. He was a nice lad, too, in the end. Nicer than Tommo, anyway.

Tommo?

Just another guy with the same name from home.

He was alright, really. Just was a little too fond of the beigemarket. Don't even get me started on his marriage market.

There's always at least one of those, wherever you go.

So, who, dare I ask, is that person here?

Atia wants to be. There was a man here named Clapet who took a stab at homemade alcohol, but that ended poorly. I think there are more people jockeying for position in that role than actually filling it.

What is there to trade here... illegitimately, anyway?

Sometimes people will smuggle things back from ports. Or they might get their hands on some of the cleaning supplies, for instance—although that hasn't happened in a good long while, knock on wood.

Don't their wardens check what they're bringing back? I made sure everything Victor had brought back was safe - admittedly, he's more honest than some, but... you'd have to check, surely?

Most wardens do, but some have been known to let things slip through the cracks. Make of that what you will.

Hm. I wish it surprised me more.

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