That is not exactly what he wanted to hear. Wen Kexing knows the calibre of men who lurk in places like this and the list of reasons they might want someone like Five is short and decidedly unpleasant. But they need the information if they want to survive all of this, their options are limited. )
Mm. The boy? Ah, he's hardly trained. Look, he doesn't even know when to keep his mouth shut. ( Pointed, because he almost had them thank you very much. And while he doesn't exactly know what the deal is, he'll lean heavily on the apparent lack of age if he has to. ) I haven't managed to beat the brat out of him yet. Unruly, probably not very easy to control. How about instead I source you more of that?
( The drugs are glanced at again, the pot rolled within beefy fingertips. But the silence is too deafening, already Wen Kexing knows they've lost. The boy, he repeats, Or no information. A heaved, heavy sigh. )
Aiya, fine.
( Already the mental plates are spinning. He did say he was an assassin, but it's entirely possible that had been a statement of false bravado. Can Wen Kexing find a way back inside and free him? He'll have to see about that. Maybe it won't be too bad, but a bad decision is a bad decision. ) Xiao Fu, don't fuss. You did say you wanted to be more useful.
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That is not exactly what he wanted to hear. Wen Kexing knows the calibre of men who lurk in places like this and the list of reasons they might want someone like Five is short and decidedly unpleasant. But they need the information if they want to survive all of this, their options are limited. )
Mm. The boy? Ah, he's hardly trained. Look, he doesn't even know when to keep his mouth shut. ( Pointed, because he almost had them thank you very much. And while he doesn't exactly know what the deal is, he'll lean heavily on the apparent lack of age if he has to. ) I haven't managed to beat the brat out of him yet. Unruly, probably not very easy to control. How about instead I source you more of that?
( The drugs are glanced at again, the pot rolled within beefy fingertips. But the silence is too deafening, already Wen Kexing knows they've lost. The boy, he repeats, Or no information. A heaved, heavy sigh. )
Aiya, fine.
( Already the mental plates are spinning. He did say he was an assassin, but it's entirely possible that had been a statement of false bravado. Can Wen Kexing find a way back inside and free him? He'll have to see about that. Maybe it won't be too bad, but a bad decision is a bad decision. ) Xiao Fu, don't fuss. You did say you wanted to be more useful.