[Okay. Okay, it's as bad as he thought, but he'd also known this was a possibility; it's always a possibility in this place, whether or not you've done anything to warrant it. That's the whole point of why he's being doing what he's doing, and why he put himself in a position where this outcome was more inevitable than anything else.
But he's definitely not planning to make this easy. Why would he? What's the worst they're going to do if he refuses to go peacefully, throw him in the quarry? He has no intention of seriously injuring either of the other Shrikes if he can help it--they're just doing their jobs--and the resistance he plans to put up is mostly symbolic, but there's another person in the room he feels less inclined to be as measured with.
That, however, can wait a moment, and with some effort he ignores Garak and Amos and loosens his own posture a little--it isn't relaxation, but the more he looks like he might be resigned the better--and keeps his gaze on Stephen.]
On what charges? Maybe there's a misunderstanding.
[He doesn't expect to talk his way out of this, the question more out of legitimate curiosity than anything else, but it also serves the purpose of perhaps luring the other Shrikes into a false sense of security. If he can show that he's calm and reasonable about this, they might be less ready for when he does choose to act.]
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But he's definitely not planning to make this easy. Why would he? What's the worst they're going to do if he refuses to go peacefully, throw him in the quarry? He has no intention of seriously injuring either of the other Shrikes if he can help it--they're just doing their jobs--and the resistance he plans to put up is mostly symbolic, but there's another person in the room he feels less inclined to be as measured with.
That, however, can wait a moment, and with some effort he ignores Garak and Amos and loosens his own posture a little--it isn't relaxation, but the more he looks like he might be resigned the better--and keeps his gaze on Stephen.]
On what charges? Maybe there's a misunderstanding.
[He doesn't expect to talk his way out of this, the question more out of legitimate curiosity than anything else, but it also serves the purpose of perhaps luring the other Shrikes into a false sense of security. If he can show that he's calm and reasonable about this, they might be less ready for when he does choose to act.]