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Well, that was rather unexpected.

My apologies for my sudden absence, especially so close on the heels of the last. [An uncomfortable clearing of his throat.] So tell me, dear neighbors: What excitements have I gone and missed?

[Something off-camera catches his eye and he perks up.]

Other than a new assignment, apparently!

[He picks up the file, and upon reading a couple lines looks positively tickled.]

Loki Laufeyson. It appears we need to have a little chat soon, and you have my deepest apologies for my initial absence. We shall have to begin in earnest to rectify this. In the meantime, however!

Admiral, please see to it that a fully updated copy of my file be delivered to Monsieur Laufeyson as soon as possible.

As for everyone else, my dearest friends and loves, I'll be out and about soon to greet you in person. I feel we must all have a visit lest I pop out of existence again and miss the opportunity.

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They've put me in therapy now. I'm to count to ten whenever I feel like snapping another man's neck.

I suppose this means your Warden still does not allow you your music.

He does. My room was returned to me weeks after the murder.

Perhaps both with be a benefit to you then.

I am glad, at least as far as I've seen, that you are faring better here.

Is that your impression? I can't say I've noticed much of a diff'rence.

Handsome new face to satisfy the gawkers? Active efforts toward not slaying every man, woman, and child that crosses you?

These are good things, are they not? And they are endeavors you are, for the most part, controlling of your own volition.

For the most part.

[He frowns, rubbing a hand over his clean-shaven chin]</smalL. ...Handsome, eh?

You disagree?

I'm old and weathered. Perhaps in my younger days..

[Pfft]

Nonsense.

It's been near a hundred years since I saw my own face. And I've shaved my beard off.

I realize I'm comparing your other form to this one but you actually look younger.

Likely I look as I did when the curse first began.

Odd, that.

You'll forgive the impertinent question, I hope, but is it merely an illusion? Or does it physically change you?

It's an illusion. The curse ain't broken yet. Won't be for...I don't know when.

[Small 'tsk' at that.]

Ah well. It does as much as you need it to do, oui?

Aye. It does enough.

That's not all the warden's given me, neither.

[He pans the camera down to where a maine coon cat is sitting rather comfortably in Davy's lap]

She don't leave my sight.

[Marquis has a softer spot for dogs but that doesn't stop a faint coo.]

Lovely creature. Have you named her?

[He decides to leave out that Jones probably smells delicious to her.]

[He gives a snort, petting the cat fondly on the head]

'Nessie'.

[Chuckle.] Fitting.

Pets are a wonder in a place like this.

How d'yeh figure that?

I've found the companionship can be very soothing.

In my freer years I raised several dogs, but I requested Renate specifically so that I could work toward becoming more physically active, myself, and also for protection. I wouldn't say that I was the victim of frequent attacks but there were certainly too many for my liking.

You? Irritate someone enough to attack yeh? I don't believe it.

You don't know the half of it, dumpling; I was much worse once.

How I managed to go make it to Wardenhood without dying on this ship, I'll never know.

Yeh've never died here?