...Astronomer? The cobra looks back to the man in gold for an explanation, but the man is already occupied, scrunching his face as he tries to remember. He's shuffling through old old memories, things he hasn't bothered with for thousands of years. He gathers bits and pieces, tries to fit them back into something solid - wait. Oh. Him. Yeah, he remembers that guy.
"Left us for the pharaoh, wasn't it? Such a reasonable plan, with such interesting timing, h-heh." 'Thiefy's leer is bitter. "But 'where was I 'before'' what? If you want anything about that day, afraid the ritual was just too memorable. Kinda overshadowed whatever else you're wanting me to recall and recount here."
But for all the bitterness of his response - 'Thiefy' can't truly begrudge the information. Kul Elna gets privileges, he owes Kul Elna, and even if this one's really weird - Kul Elnan. If he wants explanations, he gets them. And if he's being demanding and invasive about it - he gets to be, he's owed more than 'Thiefy' - than even 'Thiefy' and the cobra combined - will ever have to give.
Suggestions otherwise are not welcome.
The shift is immediate - the man in gold snarls audibly, trembling; while the cobra goes very still and begins to watch that man very, very carefully.
"Leave? Like that astronomer - and YOU? Abandon them?! All of them, like that, while they're suffering - and BECAUSE they're suffering - just leave them all, alone - oh, or maybe I should've left them alone with 'that'!" He gestures wildly at the cobra, just barely missing smacking that cobra in the face - the cobra doesn't flinch, but his eyes narrow.
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"Left us for the pharaoh, wasn't it? Such a reasonable plan, with such interesting timing, h-heh." 'Thiefy's leer is bitter. "But 'where was I 'before'' what? If you want anything about that day, afraid the ritual was just too memorable. Kinda overshadowed whatever else you're wanting me to recall and recount here."
But for all the bitterness of his response - 'Thiefy' can't truly begrudge the information. Kul Elna gets privileges, he owes Kul Elna, and even if this one's really weird - Kul Elnan. If he wants explanations, he gets them. And if he's being demanding and invasive about it - he gets to be, he's owed more than 'Thiefy' - than even 'Thiefy' and the cobra combined - will ever have to give.
Suggestions otherwise are not welcome.
The shift is immediate - the man in gold snarls audibly, trembling; while the cobra goes very still and begins to watch that man very, very carefully.
"Leave? Like that astronomer - and YOU? Abandon them?! All of them, like that, while they're suffering - and BECAUSE they're suffering - just leave them all, alone - oh, or maybe I should've left them alone with 'that'!" He gestures wildly at the cobra, just barely missing smacking that cobra in the face - the cobra doesn't flinch, but his eyes narrow.