More than a little. He was the best man I knew, an Admiral, but not like all the rest of the nobility who only want to keep themselves in power, you know? But still, he paid the price when someone sabotaged the Navy during the conflict at Avenel, two years ago. And that bastard Vainamoinen who shot him still gets to prance around free at these salons.
No, no—sorry, I'm a bit into my cups, haven't met anyone who hadn't heard that news. Some saboteur allowed the leader of those Groundcleanser thugs to get in too close to the Admiral, who hadn't done anyone a wrong and just wanted peace, and still no justice has been done. Not yet.
Terrorists. Martians who believe Mars should be for them and for them only—not that I don't kind of get it, since my people haven't had a homeland for almost as long as can be remembered, but the way they go about it—
...Admiral Villiers was my friend. I can't forgive that.
Maybe it's a "royal we" thing, though it's some sort of Martian gendered way of referring to someone. I'm not entirely sure I get it, but they sure are... some kind of person, yeah.
Oh—no, Lady Wiltshire's a good sort, she does charity work. The other ones, though, yeah, those Martians—that'd be Vainamoinen and their spouse, Ata—Atalet—you know what, they just tell people to call them "Wyoming Alexander," I'm just gonna go with that.
Oh, no, that was definitely Vainamoinen. They all have bloody hard-to-pronounce names. Wyoming Alexander is just a con... person. Who also happens to be royalty, and also happens to be married to Vainamoinen. Martian royalty is apparently just awful.
Vainamoinen always wears this bullshit armor even to salons, and is—
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Really tall. And they go basically everywhere with Wyoming Alexander, these days, after First-Keeper Naarabot married them in the middle of a salon in the weirdest most threatening marriage ceremony I've ever seen, no offense to Martians.
Well, they both put their heads under this scarf for a bit, and then they poured water into each others' hands and said some vows about how "my enemies are your enemies" and "my profits are your profits" and how they will cut down what stands in each others' way and so on.
Considering Vainamoinen's always at war with someone and Wyoming Alexander just had their human fiancée break it off with them, it felt like it was intended to be pointed.
Speaking of First-Keeper Naarabot, I heard there was some controversy surrounding her recently. Can you tell me anything about that? I'm really out of the loop.
When isn't she in the center of some controversy, honestly...
...well, she's the so-called Voice of the Revolution for that rebellion in Meepsoor, and a callous bitch besides, so I don't know why they let her in here, either, considering she's actively ordering attacks on British garrisons. That, and...
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What got you ruminating on that topic at this kind of event?
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I'm sorry about your friend.
...Is that related to the misplaced trust you mentioned?
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Who are the Groundcleansers?
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...Admiral Villiers was my friend. I can't forgive that.
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Is he here tonight?
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Were they the inhuman folks in the ballroom? Lady Wiltshire and the person with her?
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How would I recognize them if I saw them?
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[ he gestures at a height a little taller than yours. ]
Really tall. And they go basically everywhere with Wyoming Alexander, these days, after First-Keeper Naarabot married them in the middle of a salon in the weirdest most threatening marriage ceremony I've ever seen, no offense to Martians.
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Considering Vainamoinen's always at war with someone and Wyoming Alexander just had their human fiancée break it off with them, it felt like it was intended to be pointed.
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Speaking of First-Keeper Naarabot, I heard there was some controversy surrounding her recently. Can you tell me anything about that? I'm really out of the loop.
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...well, she's the so-called Voice of the Revolution for that rebellion in Meepsoor, and a callous bitch besides, so I don't know why they let her in here, either, considering she's actively ordering attacks on British garrisons. That, and...
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