"Walking corpses. Zombies. Puppets." Finally he plucked a taco from the container, holding it gingerly and disgustedly, before venturing a bite.
He hadn't tasted a piping hot meal in a solid month.
Groaning gently, he resisted the urge to simply consume the whole of it in as little time as possible, forcing himself to chew liberally before subjecting his too-often-empty stomach to food that may simply travel back up his esophagus. While he never considered himself a great fan of hispanic food, any edible sustenance tasted wondrous and wholly necessary right now. Even roasted rat appealed to the starving.
"I am certain zere are few who mediate. I know of one in particular zat refuses to fight unless zere is no ozzer option. However... Mediation is too of-..." Gritting his teeth, he cut himself off and cast gaze aside, into the alleys. And how many whole measures landed you in this position? "Too often zey mediate on an individual level. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. However, zere has been no ventures into diplomacy at a grand scale, as our opposition sports no figurehead - no unifying body zat may quell zeir ranks in ze event of an agreement. Effectively zere are a sousand sides to zis war: ours against nine hundred ninety-nine ozzers."
And here you are, forever washed in crossfire. Dropping the taco back into its box, Alois brushed his hand against his tattered coat before offering it toward Emily. "Take my hand, if you want to see teleportation rendered a reality. I suspect you would not object to a change of venue."
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