03 ❍ Video

[cloverdaleboy]

[IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR TO THINK OF FAMILY, RIGHT?? Scott had found something in his pocket earleir that he'd apparently taken with him upon arriving here. He decided to show all of Sacrosanct, assuming they'd, you know, actually care. In the video now, he's just sitting on his barrack's bed, his tactical vest off so you can see his undershirt and

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[ Audio ]

[rustigedraak]

Cute kid. He looks like you.

[ Video ]

[cloverdaleboy]

Huh. You think so? [He's gonna recheck that. Then he kind of thinks this guy might be right. Maybe.] Yeah, maybe.

[ Audio ]

[rustigedraak]

Yeah. How old is he?

[ Video ]

[cloverdaleboy]

Just eight. I really couldn't believe it at first...

What about you? Do you have any? [He won't admit that he thinks Ladon sounds young, but even the young guys get kids. Read: Scott did.]

[ Audio ]

[rustigedraak]

They grow fast, yeah?

Nah. Ain't exactly in the kinda business that's good for kids t'be around. [ He sounds a little sad about that. Ladon's really wanted nothing more than he's wanted a family, but that just isn't possible for him. ]

[ Audio ]

[cloverdaleboy]

Huh. You're not a Spartan too, are you? [Lol, forgive him, we're still audio, and he's like rough business? no kids? SPARTAN B| ]

[ Audio ]

[rustigedraak]

Dunno what a Spartan is. M'a weapons smuggler for the mob, among other things. [ The jingle of ice in a glass as Ladon sips at his scotch on the rocks. ] Bad 'nough my kid brother ran 'way t'find me. Don't needa bring more kids into that kinda life.

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[cloverdaleboy]

[Oh snap, a weapons smuggler. He knew a group like that back home, serious bunch of brutes. This guy seemed righteous, but he immediately agreed.]

Wow, yeah, that's...okay, yeah, I gotcha. No need for kids in that sort of business. But did you ever plan on having any? Like maybe one day, far in the future, or something?

[Scott's still like "whoa cool dude" mentality.]

[ Audio ]

[rustigedraak]

Grew up with a huge family, yeah? Loved takin' care of my younger siblings an' cousins an' all the other kids in the commune. Always hoped I'd be a dad, have a whole boatload of li'l ones.

[ He sighs. ] Just didn't turn out that way.

[ Audio ]

[cloverdaleboy]

[Scott's nodding the whole time. He gets this guy, almost. Or at least, his reasoning.]

Yeah...makes sense. Well, there's always the future. Thanks for, you know...answering my questions.

[He's not gonna say he can hear a certain string of regret in Ladon's vice. That was what getting into the Stargate Program was like for Scott. So he gets where Ladon might be coming from, to a certain degree.]