[He slips his hands back into his pockets again now that he’s taken the collar off.]
Exactly. So why the curiosity?
[Cruelty for the sake of cruelty could be its own explanation. There could be more to Borderland than that, but maybe there’s not. Neither possibility seems impossible to him at this point.
He could say as much. That he doesn’t know anything for sure. But something about Aleksander's general demeanor brings out his more evasive tendencies, puts his back up the same way the games did. Admitting a weakness, a gap in his knowledge, seems like a bad idea.]
no subject
Exactly. So why the curiosity?
[Cruelty for the sake of cruelty could be its own explanation. There could be more to Borderland than that, but maybe there’s not. Neither possibility seems impossible to him at this point.
He could say as much. That he doesn’t know anything for sure. But something about Aleksander's general demeanor brings out his more evasive tendencies, puts his back up the same way the games did. Admitting a weakness, a gap in his knowledge, seems like a bad idea.]