[video] early morning

[by_your_leave]

[ At first, there's nothing but darkness-- a few pinpoints of light mark streetlamps, but that's all. There's an odd, corroded-seeming quality to the feed before someone wipes the dirt off the lens

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[video];

[snakeofaguy]

[It's normal for him to be up at the morning sirens, scouting around the manor. He's outside at the break of morning, bundled up against the cold.]

'Good morning, Sir Fratley, good to see that someone is keeping a careful eye,' says Webster.

[permavideo]

[by_your_leave]

[ Fratley starts, and the NV's view jerks dizzily for a moment-- evidently, he wasn't expecting a response. Still, he calms down once he recognizes that voice. ]

Thank you, Sir Webster. [ A pause. ] I hope you and Sir Snake do not find the weather too cold.

[snakeofaguy]

'We're all eagerly awaiting the sun, and thankful for the warmth of the house,' says Wordsworth.

Do you go out at night often?

[by_your_leave]

Yes. [ Somehow, that feels an insufficient answer, so he continues. ] I often find myself on night patrol.

[ If Snake has been paying heed to the news of late, he probably has an idea of why there's a more urgent need to keep an eye out, but Fratley won't upset him by mentioning it out of hand. ]

[voice]

[jabberwockking]

It is an odd sight, is it not?

[permavoice]

[by_your_leave]

[ That's not a voice he recognizes, and he sounds faintly startled. ]

I beg your pardon, sir?

[jabberwockking]

The way the city heals itself every morning.

[by_your_leave]

... Yes. I suppose it is.

There was nothing like it on my world, though I cannot claim to have seen much of it.