entry sixteen - denials, more insincerity and a dash of concern.

[pleasesmirk]

Well. I certainly do not appreciate being tied up when all I'm trying to do is help. But, apparently, it isn't like that. Apparently, it's 'stalking'. I mean, really. I had no ill intentions, just was attempting to get information. Just attempting to keep things in a reasonable semblance of order.

So I'm sorry if you interpreted it as stalking. I

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Private

[mystakenpromise]

I haven't actually heard from him since that time. I'm assuming that he's dead and rotting in his room.

So at the moment, I'm surviving quite well. And I can help you with those boundaries. When were you tied up, my friend? How did I miss this?

Re: Private

[pleasesmirk]

It's a pleasant thought, isn't it?

I was tied up by some great oaf with an accent and the eyes of a criminal a night or two ago. For simply trying to help someone.

I'm not entirely sure.

Re: Private

[mystakenpromise]

Well, it might have been when Loki was over. Forgive me for that. Who were you trying to help? I'm glad to see that you're actually branching out and attempting this.

Private

[pleasesmirk]

Loki? I'm afraid I don't know him too well.

I was trying to help the doctor. Uh. Not the Doctor, but the actual, medically trained, doctor. Nobody else quite interpreted it like this, unfortunately. This is how I got tied up.

Re: Private

[mystakenpromise]

Well, what exactly were you doing to help?

Private

[pleasesmirk]

I was trying to find out who had taken his hypospray. That is all. And before you ask, not through usual methods.

Re: Private

[mystakenpromise]

I wasn't going to ask. I just assume that you didn't, or you probably wouldn't have gotten off so lightly. Well, at least you are not hurt.

Private

[pleasesmirk]

I still don't quite see where this 'stalking' business comes in. I was merely looking for information.

The Doctor mentioned 'personal space' or something, but I still don't quite...

At least I am not hurt. You're right there, yes.

Re: Private

[mystakenpromise]

Personal space and stalking. Oh, Swing. One cannot blame you for not knowing. But some, no most, people do not like when you follow them. They consider it suspicious. And on this place where suspicion runs rampant, you have to be extra cautious.

Private

[pleasesmirk]

The Doctor explained that. And of course it's suspicious. I suspect them of something. But when things have been stolen, you have to try and find...I was only doing what I considered necessary and not using violence or hurting anyone physically.

We watched people all the time in Ankh-Morpork.

Re: Private

[mystakenpromise]

No, you are not supposed to be suspicious, Swing. You are supposed to, not stalk, but question. If you want to follow them, you need someone to help you. It's easier to do it when the person you're following isn't seeing the same face.

And this is not Ankh-Morpork. Or Myst. Or Riven.

Private

[pleasesmirk]

Yes, and that'd be all very well and good if I had my Particulars here, wouldn't it?

I know, but this is what I'm good at, Sirrus.

Re: Private

[mystakenpromise]

No. You're good at thinking, Swing. You're good at planning. At plotting. And you do have me. I have no idea what a Particular is, but I can help you.

Private

[pleasesmirk]

I know I do, Sirrus, but it's not the same. It's not nearly the same as the power I used to have.

Oh, and a Particular is one of my Watchmen. We were the Cable Street Particulars, you see.

Re: Private

[mystakenpromise]

Ah yes. Watchmen. I recall you mentioning them before.

You will not get that power doing things like this, Swing. Remember that. Remember our eventual goal.

Re: Private

[pleasesmirk]

I thought. I thought it might work. I thought if I proved to them I was useful, helpful, and willing to do so, they might let me have a little more power, even as an inmate... I didn't think I was doing anything which was cause offence.

I thought I was doing the whole 'good inmate' thing quite well until someone tied me up.