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[For those familiar with Clinic, it can be recognized to be the backdrop for this broadcast; it's also probably easy enough to guess that Lance has just arrived there, because he's obviously drenched. It doesn't seem to bother him any, though, except for that his slightly ridiculous hair is now definitely long enough to fall into his eyes when wet, so he has to shove some of it out of the way before he can actually see the screen.

Despite being soaked he looks a little more vibrant and relaxed than usual, although in contrast his tone is quiet and sedate for the most part.]

Is the 'raining underground' thing strange even for here, or...?

[Because he hasn't been here that long and he's heard that it's snowed before, so maybe not? But the rain is totally not the point of this post, so he continues.]

But rain aside, I'd actually wanted to ask about the caves that branch off from the main cavern. I know they're supposedly difficult to navigate and filled with monsters, but have there been any coordinated efforts to explore them? And what sort of monsters exist in them?

[He does remember Maketh telling them there are paper records on some of the monsters at the Guard post, but as far as he's concerned that's really not too helpful. Besides, he'd rather hear that the general populace has to say, and talk to them individually on this.]

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[Welcome to Hadriel, this is Gren, your friendly neighborhood asshole.]

what are you fuckin waitin for then, a written fuckin invitation

[Friendly neighborhood asshole is a really important job and someone's gotta do it!

Lance briefly considers continuing responding with sass, but decides to try a different tactic for the moment. He can always return to sass, after all.]

I'm not entirely sure what's prompting the hostility.

some asshole askin stupid fuckin questions mostly

I find it hard to believe that would be anything more than a minor annoyance, so there's probably an underlying reason. My first suspicion would be frustration, if you have reason to believe that there's nothing to be gained by investigating the caves and are therefore reminded of being trapped here.

The next most likely is that you're bored and don't have a better way to be spending your time.

Would you like to offer input, or should I keep going?

[Lance is not, honestly, putting a lot of thought into this analysis, mostly because it's probably not going to gain him anything other than probably just annoying Gren further, but that's its own reward.]

yeah sure i got some input

do you get off on vomitin a whole bunch of bullshit at people to make yourself feel fuckin superior

No, but it's my job so I normally get paid for it.

figures. youre a fuckin shrink

why dont you make my fuckin day and go walk right into the fuckin caves

ill get some popcorn

[He knew there had to be at least someone here who doesn't like psychologists; everyone else has been suspiciously easy to get along with on the subject so far.]

As I said before, if I wanted to do that I would've by now.

Do you have anything that's actually relevant or helpful to say?

[Sorry, Gren thinks your profession is 80% bullshit and 20% handing out drugs like candy.]

ive been around the caves pretty fuckin often, so yeah. i could tell you a thing or two.

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[Excuse you, Gren, he's a psychologist not a psychiatrist, so his profession is actually 100% bullshit and 0% drugs. Gosh.

As far as that response, Lance feels like this is a setup and so his answer is very simple and noncommittal.]

Interesting.

[He's not going to play the game of asking, useful information or not. Besides, he's found that answering with 'interesting' tends to annoy people into continuing to explain, so might as well give it a shot here.]

[Wow, that actually makes him worse. At least the other type of bullshit doctor gave out good drugs, this guy's just a bunch of word vomit with no payoff.]

probably.

[Gren also likes being purposefully unhelpful and obstructive, probably because he has authority issues. And anger issues. And just... issues.

[Hey there's totally a payoff okay let him talk for like forty minutes explaining it!!!]

If that's all, then thank you for your previous input. It was very useful.

[That level of sarcasm is readable through text, right?

And hey, at least he's not alone; might as well rename this place issuescave.]

[My guy even if currency where a thing around here and Gren had the money to pay with, there would not be enough money in the universe to pay anyone to deal with his issues.]

what can i say im a fuckin giver

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Clearly.

[He would've ended the conversation by now, but he's wondering if continuing to go back and forth a little might prompt something more useful.]

even if you did hear all about what's goin on down there, the fuck would you do about it? try to fuckin talk the monsters into not eatin you?

[Not like this guy seems like he'd be very useful in a fight. The doctor-types usually aren't.]

That's mostly why I wanted to know specifics, if possible. If I ever did have reason to go into the caves for some reason, trying to avoid monsters seems like it'd be the best strategy, but in a case where that's not possible it'd be useful to have some idea of what to expect from whatever I might encounter. I do have some skills other than talking to choose from.

[It's... Very true that Lance is not the best fighter in the world. That said, he's definitely better than anyone usually expects, for what that's worth.]

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