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...okay, but the jails here suck. Hanging around up here is boring...

[There's a dramatic sigh.]

Anyone got any bail money before I bust myself out of here?

[Because he can, and he will. So he's thinking, anyway.]

And keep an eye out for Mr. Sparkles. I let him loose so he could maybe come pick me up later, but I bet he's just pretending to be me again.

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What did you do?

Nothing major. Just tried to steal some pants.

I'd hate to see how they'd overreact if I'd actually tried for some serious trouble.

If the worst you have to say about your punishment is that it is boring, they haven't overreacted yet.

What, locking me up for trying to have a little fun isn't overreacting?

Locking you up for being a public nuisance isn't overreacting.

Hey, this was nothing. If they wanna see nuisance, I can show them some real nuisancing...

And face far worse than temporary inconvenience as punishment.

Like they could really do anything to hurt me.

I have heard that before.

Hey, but I mean it.

It's not like they left this thing out anywhere that would give me problems.

Everyone means it. They're usually wrong.

I'm not--they weren't smart enough to leave me in direct sunlight.

[He laughs.]

I'm strong enough here.

[Quick, no one tell him about how the position of the sun changes as the day moves on, and that this might change...]

Until the Earth rotates enough that you are in direct sunlight.

...seriously?

Yes. Planetary rotation is what creates the day/night cycle. It is also what creates the appearance of the sun moving across the sky.

...Does direct sunlight do you physical harm?

Well, maybe I'd know that if I'd been out in enough day/night cycles...they kept me in a lot back home.

[Wait what crap no he doesn't want to admit that weakness like this crap crap crap]

No, I'm just stronger in the darkness. Emperor of Darkness, comes with the territory.

[Stronger in the darkness, weaker in the light, can't stay in direct sunlight for too long...]

I see. Then we don't need to worry about breaking you out before you're injured by the light. That simplifies things.

[...dammit.]

You know, you could do that anyway...the sun here might be, I dunno, different from the sun on my homeworld. Could do strange things.

I think I would prefer to avoid the exposure over nothing more than an unlikely maybe.

Aw, come on, where's your sense of adventure?

Breaking you out would be far too sedate to qualify as an adventure.

Hey, you don't know me very well. I can make it an adventure.

Well, that didn't take long...

What didn't take long?

I was wondering how long it would be before someone got thrown in jail, after that last blow-up.

I'm slightly disappointed it wasn't for something a little more impressive...

Hey, give me more time, I could probably make something more impressive from in here.

...and they'd probably be dumb enough not to realize it was me covering the whole place in darkness.

You could try. It's still less impressive just by virtue of already being caught. Over trousers.

Who knew the people here were so attached to their pants? Who knew?

...and it would so be impressive if I could...but kind of boring too. The place kinda shines...

Actually, if this is him that I'm talking to right this moment, he's pretending to be Blitzkopf.

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...that little purple nuisance! When I get out of here, I'm wringing his furry neck. Tell him I'm wringing his furry neck.

[And, after a pause.]

How do you do that popping into Liminal Space thing and then pop out again somewhere else? I'm gonna attract a lot of attention if I bust out otherwise.

I told him. As for that, I've been focusing on how much I want to go back to Liminal and then I envision a door.

Well, at least I'll have some time to think of doors...

...but someone could always show up with bail. That'd be cool.

[Hint, hint.]

Oh, Zed. Didn't anyone tell you? I announced at Helena's little coffee soiree that I'm not paying bail for any of you over this, unless it looks like you're about to be deported.

Oh, come on, where's the fun in that?

[There's a long pause.]

How do you tell if you're about to be deported, anyway?

Usually they come to unlock your cell carrying handcuffs, with a good number of their employees following and a transport on the other end of where they're walking you to.

But see, then, how would you have any time to be able to bail me out? Better do it now, just to be safe.

So you can go right back to pantsing the market?

Nah, it wouldn't be fun anymore.

I'd probably just go back to looking at shiny things.

[Possibly taking those shiny things...though he's smart enough not to mention that.]

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