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From:

forensicks

Can I ask you a question?

From:

abrightboy

Of course.

From:

forensicks

[Literally exactly what he expected. Bless Malcolm.]

You believe in this, right? Saving inmates' lives, confining them if absolutely necessary but providing everything else they could want, waiting for them to open up. If you had to choose between nothing and this, you'd support it, right?

From:

abrightboy

I'mmmm not sure I understand what you're asking. Are you asking if I believe in the work we're doing on the Barge to help inmates get their second chances? Because I had the choice between something and that and I chose that.

From:

forensicks

Hmm, good point that you could consider it a lot of different questions. How about I take that as a yes to what you said? Does that sound fair?

From:

abrightboy

Okay. Or you could clarify what it is you want to know and I'll answer again. Or you could keep that for what it is and still ask another question...

From:

forensicks

[Malcolm, this is why everyone calls you pedantic. But that is okay. That is all part of Walter's plan.]

I see! Let's go with, do you believe that inmates - here - should have the right to privacy until their permanent warden gets their file, and to be confined only when absolutely necessary for the safety of themselves and others, with no corporal punishment?

From:

abrightboy

[He's a little alarmed by this questions and it's audible in his voice.] ...Corporal punishment? Walter, has one of your temp wardens harmed you?

From:

forensicks

[The concealing power of text...]

No :) You're stepping on my punchline a little here

From:

abrightboy

...You're telling a joke?

From:

forensicks

Does literally anybody else? Believe in whatever this is supposed to be?

From:

abrightboy

Walter... you might get the answer you're looking for a lot more easily if you ask me your actual question. Though if you just want to know if other wardens believe in helping inmates secure their second chance at life? Yes. I know of others that are also very committed to it. Neal Caffrey. John Doe. Jedao. Maggie Garcia. Iris. That's just out of the ones that are still here. Though they're not the only ones, I'm sure; they're just the ones I know best and would vouch for.

From:

forensicks

[Although he clearly came into this conversation with a plan, he's apparently been derailed.]

John Doe? Astarion's warden? That's... interesting.

From:

abrightboy

He's one of the kindest people here. He's maybe one of the kindest people in the multiverse. Have you met him?

From:

forensicks

No.

[...what the hell is Walter thinking, one might wonder]

...tell me more about him.

From:

abrightboy

I'd be happy to introduce you.

From:

forensicks

[HNNNNNNNNNNNGH, he tries not to make a noise but he does.]

--I don't feel very safe here. Is that what you'd think of as my actual question? Shoot, that's not a question.

From:

abrightboy

Close enough. Do you mean you’re afraid someone will murder you or hurt you or something?

From:

forensicks

More than that, I've been made to feel like it's absolutely inevitable. No specific person right now, but in general. [Tch!--] I really wasn't reassured when John Doe was paying a lot more attention to his friend's fights than, oh, I don't know, his inmate who killed a panicking new girl.