[ Kill him, whispers some voice from deep inside him. Kill him. Kill him...
The clone sinks into the deep armchair, and pushes himself back as far as he can go - so that it'll be difficult if he wants to get up. Far enough that the edge of the cushion ends up hitting below his knees and his feet stick out. So that to get up he'll have to scoot forward about three hops, and by that time any bad choices he will have made will have time to get rethought. It won't benefit him - not at all - to wring the Emperor's neck. So best to give a chance to...push down any whispers.
He lowers his voice conspiratorially. Like Vorkosigan would. An eagerness - cut me in on this one. ]
You're keeping a cover. That's smart. It certainly makes me feel a lot better.
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[ Kill him, whispers some voice from deep inside him. Kill him. Kill him...
The clone sinks into the deep armchair, and pushes himself back as far as he can go - so that it'll be difficult if he wants to get up. Far enough that the edge of the cushion ends up hitting below his knees and his feet stick out. So that to get up he'll have to scoot forward about three hops, and by that time any bad choices he will have made will have time to get rethought. It won't benefit him - not at all - to wring the Emperor's neck. So best to give a chance to...push down any whispers.
He lowers his voice conspiratorially. Like Vorkosigan would. An eagerness - cut me in on this one. ]
You're keeping a cover. That's smart. It certainly makes me feel a lot better.