give it all you got, go

[alicornucopia]

At a booth in Milliways sits a woman in her thirties, stirring a cup of tea, watching the stars explode. There is a fat boring-looking lawbook under her elbow, and a barcode across the back of her right hand.

Mark (with kappa)

Ruth (with Maggie)

Comments

[unmarred]

"You don't know the half of it."

[alicornucopia]

"Oh?"

[unmarred]

"A few choice highlights from my brother's career so far: When he was seventeen he blundered into the middle of a war, stole part of the winning side's army with a combination of charisma and outrageous lies, and won the war with it. Last year he liberated an entire POW camp, ten thousand prisoners, from conditions that managed to strictly follow the letter of every galactic regulation on the subject while still amounting to psychological torture. Had to go undercover as a prisoner to do it, too."

[alicornucopia]

She smiles slightly. "Impressive. Rather dramatic."

[unmarred]

"Those are both accurate descriptions of my brother."

[alicornucopia]

"I'm glad your origins on the evil planet of evil have a happy denouement."

[unmarred]

"Thanks."

[alicornucopia]

"You're welcome."