Prisoner 599, Lung, was dining with Prisoner 166, Marquis.  It was a curious match.

Have we heard of that one before? It sounds familiar, but it’s also a fairly well-known title.

*blog search*

Ah, yes, the leader of Lung’s cell block. I once speculated that he might be Panacea’s father, just because he once operated in Brockton Bay. Last we heard, Lung didn’t like him, but thought him to be a fair man. I guess something might’ve changed his opinion?

The two were near complete opposites.  Lung maintained a veneer of civility over an almost feral core self, while the Marquis was sometimes rude or casually cruel, but he remained deeply honorable beneath that.

Huh, nice.

Intrigued, Dragon hooked into the house program’s data.  The two had meals together every second day.  The house program monitored all prisoner exchanges and rated every interaction.  This let the house program track the likelihood of fights, dangerous levels of prisoner collusion, romantic relationships and more.

Big Brother is watching you… (You’re in a prison. It makes total sense for your every move to be watched.)

Every meal between Lung and Marquis made for a very interesting looking set of data.  The numbers swung back and forth as the dialogues continued, with hostility, concern and threat of imminent physical violence always looming, but however close it came, neither attacked the other.

You know, this sounds a lot like a kismesissitude. Hey, Dragon, did you ever read any Homestuck in your probably minimal spare time?

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