It's hardly the strangest thing I've experienced - and this is really quite harmless.
[their captor sounded far too young to have planned this out particularly thoroughly; Jonathan's confident that she'll either relent soon enough or be chased off by the authorities once they realize that one of the elevators is out of commission. it was hardly anything worth getting worked up over in the grand scheme of things.
Otto's own ill temper seems to have just as little an effect on him, judging by the way that he displays neither shame nor irritation at being rebuffed. this, too, was not even close to the most unpleasant person he'd been forced to spend time with.]
I'm afraid that you likely won't be able to escape without us learning a bit about each other, however.
[it was inevitable in a situation like this. even without names, a simple conversation was often more than enough to learn about someone else. it was a bit amusing in that way.]
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[their captor sounded far too young to have planned this out particularly thoroughly; Jonathan's confident that she'll either relent soon enough or be chased off by the authorities once they realize that one of the elevators is out of commission. it was hardly anything worth getting worked up over in the grand scheme of things.
Otto's own ill temper seems to have just as little an effect on him, judging by the way that he displays neither shame nor irritation at being rebuffed. this, too, was not even close to the most unpleasant person he'd been forced to spend time with.]
I'm afraid that you likely won't be able to escape without us learning a bit about each other, however.
[it was inevitable in a situation like this. even without names, a simple conversation was often more than enough to learn about someone else. it was a bit amusing in that way.]