-2- Some Terrors don't know how to use filters

[lieutenantsteward]

Strange, your bird is a menace! It is constantly staring, and I swear it is conspiring with that damned creature. It often returns from its treks into Hell itself with tufts of fur in its beak. The two creatures are either the same, or they are plotting something.

Get rid of it.

...

If any are still going out on deck, I would advise to mind your distance from the bird if you haven't already.

Comments

[kingsroads]

The only proof you have is tufts of fur. Perhaps it is attacking the creature? Or perhaps the tuunbaq is simply unwell?

[lieutenantsteward]

You speak nonsense, Mr. Strange. Will you not try?

[kingsroads]

And you speak nothing but baseless fear. I shall try to converse with the bird but I shall not convince it to leave.

[lieutenantsteward]

Baseless?

Sir, do you not recall what it did to you? What it can do to others?

[kingsroads]

The tuunbaq attacked me. Not the raven.

[lieutenantsteward]

Then I sincerely hope you're right.

[kingsroads]

[ AND THEN LIKE HALF AN HOUR PASSES before Strange responds ]

The raven is not going to leave. I suggest you get used to his presence.

[lieutenantsteward]

[Well, hell...]

Did you actually try to rid us of it? I did not expect that.

[kingsroads]

[ hopefully, Jopson means 'put in the bare minimum' by 'try to get rid of it.' because like Strange put in actual effort to get rid of his fave bird. ]

I presented your case, he refused your idea. As I said, the raven is his own bird. I cannot control it.

[lieutenantsteward]

[Any effort is good enough effort.]

I appreciate your attention to this.

[kingsroads]

You're welcome.

Though I must chastise you: do not say that the bird flies off to Hell. I believe Hell to be relatively free of ravens. If anything, I suspect it is flying to the realms of Faerie.

[lieutenantsteward]

And what do you know of Hell, sir?

I do not believe in Fairies, Mr. Strange. But I will trust you on this.

[kingsroads]

With all due respect Jopson, what makes fairies harder to believe in than the tuunbaq? Both are dangerous beings not of mankind that possess abilities beyond our knowledge. Is it simply because you've seen one and not the other?

[lieutenantsteward]

It is because if fairies exist, Mr. Strange, they have no bearing on my life at the moment. I have only the capacity to worry about one nightmare at a time.

[kingsroads]

For the sake of all of us, I hope that capacity grows. It it foolish to think we will deal with dangers one at a time.

[lieutenantsteward]

Do not lecture me, Mr. Strange. I am not a child, nor your pupil. Tend to your own affairs.

[kingsroads]

Lt. Jopson, it will be fairly obvious when I am lecturing you. At the moment, I am simply offering advice.

[lieutenantsteward]

Noted.