116 - video, post-flood

[mrs_persson]

[Una is sitting at her desk. She holds a curved black object in her hands, playing with it idly. It's the Alice band worn by her child self.]

Well then. Thank god that's over. If anyone needs me-I'm going to be busy for the rest of the day today, so talk fast or be patient.

[Filtered to wardens and to the inmates who helped deal with O'Brien.

Comments

[Private] Because he's still embarrassed that people know things about him.

[most_feared]

Sometimes I get the impression, ma'am, you are to Chaos what I am to Order.

[Private]

[mrs_persson]

And that is?

[Private]

[most_feared]

We both use it as a useful means to an end, I think. I see a destructive panic, I settle it. You see a bad system, you throw monkey wrenches into it.

[Private]

[mrs_persson]

[She actually laughs at this.]

You've already got me thoroughly figured out, I see. Some of my oldest friends don't even realise that much.

[Private]

[most_feared]

Well at least I know I have a good balance around here somewhere. [He's pretty amused by this himself.]

[Private]

[mrs_persson]

I do play for Law occasionally. But I'm more comfortable on the side of Chaos, in general. But the Balance is the important thing, in the end.

[Private]

[most_feared]

Hey, it's what keeps people from goin' crazy or thinkin' too much alike. One is just as good a defense as the other.

[Private]

[mrs_persson]

It's just a question of knowing what's best in any given situation, really.

So did you get out of all that reasonably unscathed?

[Private]

[most_feared]

Physically. And by some stroke of luck didn't give out my real name. But I gave out the nickname my- [Pop] -father used to call me.

...I was also utterly convinced Narvin was a girl.

[Private]

[mrs_persson]

Well, I didn't hear it, so it can't have got too far.

...you what?

[Private]

[most_feared]

Yup. Nothin' like a good old case of mistaken gender and not wantin' to ask for fear of bein' hit.

[Private]

[mrs_persson]

Oh lord. Well, I never ran into him, myself. Too busy causing trouble.

[Private]

[most_feared]

I was too busy trying to stop it. [Completely amused by this.]

You know, sometime I'd like to know more about your world. I got the technical gist but there's a lot more to it, I imagine.

[Private]

[mrs_persson]

I'm happy to bore you with it whenever you have the time.

[Private]

[most_feared]

I've got an embarrassing addiction to technicalities. Unless you spontaneously start soundin' like Nixon I'll not be bored.

[Private]

[mrs_persson]

My impressions of American politicians are very bad, so i expect we'll be all right, then.