One thing that doesn't add up is the timing, I think. Normally when people arrive, it's in a large group. And it's been weeks since that last happened, so the only other explanation is that he has been here all that time but never revealed himself.
But that doesn't seem to go with what he's saying.
[a long pause, as Badou considers the possibilities]
He ain't made a lotta friends in his, uh, business. Alien bastards. Any of 'em might be able to do somethin' like this, the fuck I know about outer space powers. But there ain't a lot to go off'a.
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But that doesn't seem to go with what he's saying.
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Some'a his dialogue don't make sense either, with what I know'a their history. ...Did he tell you anythin'?
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...He won't care if it's me.
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Like... the prison, right? He should know a lot about it, more than what Genkaku has told us.
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... I don't like this. This is more than a normal fight, it's an emotional and psychological attack on him. Those are harder.
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I'unno what t'do about any'a this. Any illusion makers left on the ship?
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Who would do something to hurt Genkaku like this? I know that there are a lot of people who dislike him, but this has to run deeper than that.
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He ain't made a lotta friends in his, uh, business. Alien bastards. Any of 'em might be able to do somethin' like this, the fuck I know about outer space powers. But there ain't a lot to go off'a.
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A leash?
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[ a pause, then a laugh-- ]
That's a bad idea. I can't imagine him acting like a dog.
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-- You think it's a friend?
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-- I gotta go. He's waitin' for me.
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Uh, thanks.