Unhappy Spy is a dangerous Spy.

[not_onyourside]

I do not like zhis place anymore. Take me back to zhe ozzer one. Zhat was better. Everyone here ees cranky and irritable.

And zhey keep secrets from me. No one keeps secrets from me.

No one.

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[hasstandards]

There isn't a reason, but they could just tell us someone quit or transferred, and we'd never be the wiser.

[not_onyourside]

Zhat ees true.

[He falls silent for a moment, chewing his lip thoughtfully.]

Een my time here no one has ever disappeared wezzout reason. I zhink zhe rest of zhe team would be suspicious eef someone was suddenly transferred wezzout saying goodbye.

[Or well he would be. He'd be suspicious if someone transfered without saying goodbye.]

[hasstandards]

Well, I didn't exactly say goodbye to any of 'em when I left Teufort.

[not_onyourside]

You just -- left? Why would you do such a zhing?

[hasstandards]

I didn't think a goodbye was necessary. I didn't really talk to any of 'em past work.

[not_onyourside]

You might have been surprised who was sorry to see you go.

I would tell everyone eef I was leaving.

[hasstandards]

I wasn't even there a year, and they were gettin' a replacement the day I left. I doubt I was missed.

[not_onyourside]

Well I would miss you eef you left.

Why did you leave Teufort?

[hasstandards]

They said my particular skills were better suited for Badwater. Teufort was easy, mate. Just a bridge you had to watch.

[He doesn't comment on the part about missing him.]

[not_onyourside]

I have been nowhere but here. Eet ees only a bridge?

[hasstandards]

Basically. And there's a base on each side. Some tunnels and stuff through the sewers underneath, if ya don't mind gettin' wet.

[not_onyourside]

[He makes a disgusted noise.]

I do mind. I am glad to have not been zhere. Zhey really make you walk zhrough zhe sewer? Zhat ees disgusting.

[hasstandards]

Whatever it took to get the job done, mate. Either way, it wasn't too hard of work. Probably best my first assignment was there rather than here.

[not_onyourside]

Do zhey just zhrow you eento battle wezzout training of some sort?

[hasstandards]

Well, we were told we were collectin' intelligence from the other base, but aside from that and a briefing, not really.

[And that was why his first couple of months had been really rough.]

[not_onyourside]

Really?

[He actually sits up, totally surprised.]

I spent an entire year een training. Running solo missions at various bases while some anonymous voice from zhe speakers told me everyzhing I had done wrong.

[hasstandards]

Hn. Your job does involve a bit more than mine, to be fair. I've just got to be a good shot. Be sharp. Know what targets need to go down first. I basically knew all that comin' in. You've got all those gadgets and whatnot you had to learn, right?

[not_onyourside]

Very true. Zhere was an entire monzh of learning zhe best way to stab someone so zhey would die instantly wezzout a sound and wezzout much blood.

Zhough I zhink zhey were more concerned wez silence zhan eet being painless.

[hasstandards]

As someone who has died many a painful death due to a knife in the back, I'd say so.

[not_onyourside]

I am well aware. Because eet was a monzh of eet being demonstrated on myself.

[hasstandards]

Guess I'm lucky I didn't have a month of that, then. Might've left me better prepared for the field, though. That first stab was a bit alarming.

[not_onyourside]

I still remember zhat first respawn. I do not zhink I have ever zhrown up zhat much een my life.

[hasstandards]

[There's a hint of a bitter laugh from up there on the bed.]

Yeah. I was sick for hours after mine. Couldn't hardly hold my gun.

[not_onyourside]

Cloaking ees just as bad. Not zhat you have to deal wez zhat but eet ees.

Zhat ees why I do not use zhat Dead Ringer. I know how, I have one, I am never going to use eet. Eet ees like walking around wez a concussion while your whole body prickles like eet has gone numb. Eets awful.

[hasstandards]

Eugh. Sounds bloody awful if you ask me. As if gettin' used to the job wasn't already.