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[rogue_crow]

[By this point, Zevran is just completely bemused by Mayfield. It's almost amusing, in a horrible, twisted way. He even sounds like he's biting back laughter.]

So...has anyone seen any yaks? Or is this in fact the easiest job I have ever been given?

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[dodo_master]

I haven't seen any yaks. Have you seen any enemies of the state?

[rogue_crow]

What would one look like, exactly?

[dodo_master]

Oh, it's a big animal! Wooly. And with horns. Or did you mean enemies of the state?

[rogue_crow]

The latter. Though I have never seen one of the former either, I suppose...

[realhotinhell]

'Fraid I haven't. [ John, evidently, was not the right person to ask, since he probably doesn't even know what a yak is. ]

Wouldn't know how an Olympic Gymnast'd go about winnin' ten gold medals in five days, would ya?

[rogue_crow]

I have no idea what those things even are, I'm afraid. Though it hardly sounds like the sort of thing one can do twice a day, does it?

[realhotinhell]

Not exactly, friend. [ He's not exactly savvy in the ways of Olympic Gymnastics, but winning two gold medals a day sounds like a tall order, and he obviously can't imagine anything favorable happening if he fails the quota. ]

You got any idea what'll happen if we don't make the cut?

[rogue_crow]

Death, perhaps. Or droning. But neither are permanent states here, as strange as that may seem...though certainly not pleasant to experience, either.

[hugs_arent_free]

It certainly sounds far better than most of the other jobs people have been stuck with. Not that it can be called much of a job when you aren't going to be paid properly.

[rogue_crow]

I wonder if there is any incentive at all being offered, aside from not being punished?

[hugs_arent_free]

I suppose if someone had any sort of pride in their community they might gain some satisfation from bettering it. I wouldn't. But there are some strange people out there.

[rogue_crow]

I might have some pride if it were, in fact, my community.

[somthinsnotrite]

I have not seen any yaks, comrade, but I'm sure a place as good as our homeland would have anything your heart desires.

[rogue_crow]

[Zevran has never actually interacted with a drone of someone he knows before - though he's at least heard one speak before, via Olivier - so there's a pause before answering as he decides how to handle this. He's certainly not surprised Hughes has been droned, though, given their conversation...] I worry that perhaps it is not the proper climate...? [Read: can an appeal to logic work on drones at all? Let's find out.]

[somthinsnotrite]

While one could think that, our nation would never unnecessarily give you a job you can't finish. Perhaps you are simply not looking in the right places, comrade.

[rogue_crow]

Perhaps there are simply no yaks to be found, m - comrade? ['My friend' wouldn't really apply to a drone, anyway...] After all, they merely said to find any yaks there may be; if I report that there are none, that is still doing my job, yes? If there were any, then certainly I would let them know.