[ He smirks at her assessment of talent poaching, a small huff of a laugh escaping his lips. Yeah, that'd be one way to put it; both cities really are just job recruitment agencies right now, aren't they.
He sobers at the notion big things, though, since that kind of gets into what her question is, doesn't it. Amos pauses, assessing her before offering a half-shrug; no reason for him not to answer. ]
Lost one of those big things to the other side. They're called Oracles, and I know it sounds stupid, but they're gonna determine the fate of all life going forward, so, you know. Doesn't get much bigger than that.
[ A beat. ]
There are six of them. We've got one each, so four still out there. Plenty of time to make things up, just kinda sucks at the moment, you know?
[ He's still plenty affable, in decent enough spirits with food in hand and among his people — so things can't be too bad, surely. ]
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He sobers at the notion big things, though, since that kind of gets into what her question is, doesn't it. Amos pauses, assessing her before offering a half-shrug; no reason for him not to answer. ]
Lost one of those big things to the other side. They're called Oracles, and I know it sounds stupid, but they're gonna determine the fate of all life going forward, so, you know. Doesn't get much bigger than that.
[ A beat. ]
There are six of them. We've got one each, so four still out there. Plenty of time to make things up, just kinda sucks at the moment, you know?
[ He's still plenty affable, in decent enough spirits with food in hand and among his people — so things can't be too bad, surely. ]