Honestly? The last few times I've convinced anyone to do anything, it was to break the law, not follow it. The law I broke the most was taking and teaching information in a city where learning was mostly illegal, for whatever that's worth. But.
[Lacking the usual subtle ways one might expend nervous energy, Castille is resigned to noticeable movement or noise or both being involved in her shaking the sensation. She idly tap tap taps her fingers on her forearm like a drum when the action is done and there's nothing left to do but stand around and discuss. She's too absorbed to care about her tells right this second.]
My point is, I don't know that I can tell them how to do right by this town when the people in charge seem shady, too.
[The drumming grows louder for a few beats before she finally catches herself and stops, shaking her head.]
Maybe we should leave them alone. Forget I said anything.
no subject
[Lacking the usual subtle ways one might expend nervous energy, Castille is resigned to noticeable movement or noise or both being involved in her shaking the sensation. She idly tap tap taps her fingers on her forearm like a drum when the action is done and there's nothing left to do but stand around and discuss. She's too absorbed to care about her tells right this second.]
My point is, I don't know that I can tell them how to do right by this town when the people in charge seem shady, too.
[The drumming grows louder for a few beats before she finally catches herself and stops, shaking her head.]
Maybe we should leave them alone. Forget I said anything.