Even with the mourning sound, having never been a part of a cabal himself he could only guess what Banshee was going through – especially the ‘once’ qualifier for Vauban as well. “’Least she got a beat down in before she went,” was the best he could offer.
“That’s gotta be insane to deal with. I mean, we all kinda run the risk of being called crazy, but having memories go all St. Elsewhere on ya must be nuts.” He polished off the rest of his cider and made moves for a second. “Aurora seems like she’s holding it together real well. I gotta chat her up more, but I’m kinda nervous.” He admitted as he popped open the second drink. “Don’t, like, blow the lid on it or whatever – it’s not a great look, but Maddie Cross is a pro on the scene and I’m just juggling rubbing chickens.”
His head tilted some at Banshee’s use of those nails on the expired poultry. Shit, people here are intense. He just outwardly nodded along with her talk of Seers though. “Seems like that’s our best bet. Hope they get a little too cocky somewhere along the way. Blows either way though. Much as I’m not a fan of Diamond oppression, at least that shit can get chatted out.”
He laughed then with being easy to read. “You mean the hobo clown shtick? Eh, bit of both I guess.” Like most things in his life, his career wasn’t exactly expertly planned. “My folks are black sheep of the family, just of the snooty academic variety. As long as I was doing something they could brag to their friends about, even low-tier Ahht like sideshow acts, they left me alone. Performance kind of saved my life. Got me out of my head and when I started doing charity gigs meant I could finally be proud of it too.”
He titled his jaw up towards Banshee. “What about you? Like, what do you – do, outside of all this junk? I mean, don’t actually matter much. It’s still kinda hard for me to defend what I do as ‘job’ or anything either.” He was glad to be here rather than in whatever the rest were up to. Actually getting to know someone first was the only way he’d ever known to make a real difference anyway.