First Inquiry [voice]

[nottheanswers]

[There's a rattling noise as the comm shakes with his hands.]

I don't know where I am, I don't know if anyone will even hear this, but I had to tell someone.
My name is Vic Sage, and...I can breathe again.

[A deep breath] For the first time in over a year, I can breathe again.

[There's a long pause, nearly thirty seconds, as he tries to collect

Comments

[voice]

[favorsthebrave]

'Congratulations' would seem to be the thing to say.

[voice]

[nottheanswers]

I suppose it would be, but I get the nagging feeling there's more to it than that.

[voice]

[favorsthebrave]

There may be a string attached, it's true.

Aside from being transported away from your home with no readily available way back, which is quite enough of an inconvenience for some.

[voice]

[nottheanswers]

It's the strings that worry me, quite frankly.

[voice]

[favorsthebrave]

Unfortunately, if they're there, they're not obvious ones. Then again, I haven't been in town that long myself, so someone else might have better insight.

[voice]

[nottheanswers]

If the less obvious questions were already being widely asked, there wouldn't be a need for what I do.

[voice]

[favorsthebrave]

And what is it that you do, Mr. Sage?

[voice]

[nottheanswers]

You could say I'm an investigator. I ask the questions no one else will.

[voice]

[favorsthebrave]

...Interesting. A detective?

[voice]

[nottheanswers]

Something like that. I'm actually a journalist by trade, but haven't really done a lot of that for a while.

[voice]

[favorsthebrave]

The professions seem to be related, judging by the journalists I've met.

[voice]

[nottheanswers]

They certainly can be.