[ Jim can see it when he tenses and puts a little bit more distance between them, eyes sharp as the daggers he carries on his person. He's very watchful himself, and usually his entourage of Augments never strays far from him unless he insists. He'd insisted now.
He knows he can't trust the whole crew, but that's only the Humans. The Augments he knows he can trust. ]
Oh, the bridge of course. I waited years to be called captain.
[With his hands tucked in his robe sleeves, he's the very picture of aloof non-chalance. But there's easy access, then, to the throwing knives he keeps there.]
I hope starting there wouldn't be too forward, then.
[He knows it isn't. He can get away with quite a lot, where Jim is concerned.]
[ Were Jim anyone else he might actually fall for the feigned non-chalance that the other man invokes in his stance. What Jim didn't learn from his own mother, he learned well from Julian in playing a part in order to survive. He knows what Julian hides in the sleeves of his robes.
He's interested to see if he's found any new and exotic poisons from the outer reaches of their little stretch of space. ]
You know it wouldn't be.
[ Julian is the only person, aside from Thomas, and perhaps now Khan who can tout being able to get away with so much. ]
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He knows he can't trust the whole crew, but that's only the Humans. The Augments he knows he can trust. ]
Oh, the bridge of course. I waited years to be called captain.
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I hope starting there wouldn't be too forward, then.
[He knows it isn't. He can get away with quite a lot, where Jim is concerned.]
no subject
He's interested to see if he's found any new and exotic poisons from the outer reaches of their little stretch of space. ]
You know it wouldn't be.
[ Julian is the only person, aside from Thomas, and perhaps now Khan who can tout being able to get away with so much. ]