[ text - @kaianderson ]

[pinkyswearing]

[ There are certainly more important things going on but Kai is never one for caring about the appropriate times to ask things. ]

What are you most afraid of, citizens?

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[pinkyswearing]

And why is that?

[smokedout]

because other people don't know to be afraid of him. and that makes him powerful.

nothing corrupts a system more than sympathy.

[pinkyswearing]

I'd say complacency corrupts more than sympathy.

[smokedout]

complacency is grease. nothing gets done if everyone is pulling in a different direction, complacency just makes things simpler for the people who have brains. but if someone can make you feel something for them, make you pull in their direction, everything falls under their control.

and i guess it doesn't hurt to look pathetic. no one looks good kicking a cripple.

[pinkyswearing]

But sympathy isn't nearly the best motivator if you're looking at it in that sense.

At that point, you just need to give people something to be afraid of.

[smokedout]

that's the funny thing though, isn't it?

people don't know what to be afraid of. not until they see it for themselves.

[pinkyswearing]

Creating fear isn't so hard if you understand people.

[smokedout]

any idiot on the street can create fear if he's got the balls for it. what takes skill is controlling scared people.

you think you've got that kinda skill?

[pinkyswearing]

I wasn't talking about a fleeting terror.

Yes. I know I do.

[smokedout]

you've got my interest.

name's dodger. what's on your mind?

[pinkyswearing]

Nothing specific yet. I'm testing the waters.

I'm still quite new here.

[smokedout]

i can tell. otherwise you would have heard of me.

if you need information, i'm the man to go to. long as there's something in it for me.

[pinkyswearing]

What kind of payments do you accept?

[smokedout]

money, barters or sexual favors. whatever the information's worth.

[pinkyswearing]

Interesting.

[smokedout]

can i interest you in a drink? seems like we have a lot of common ground to discuss.

[pinkyswearing]

I would never turn down a drink and a like minded individual.

[smokedout]

[He drops in the name of a bar and its address.]

just look for the dog.