#they make a very unsubtle performance about expositing their own backstories to each other

[adozentothedawn]

What if both Daud and Corvo were just a bit more tired of everything in chapter 7

"A drink?"

"Last time I accepted a drink I puked blood and some asshole stole my gear."

"Fair enough." Pulls out a cigarette. "It's not mine anyway. Pilfered it from Thomas." Takes a draft. "And that's the big irony isn't it. You, the martyr, the innocent man seeking to right wrongs and spare those in your path, betrayed over and over by those you thought your allies. And me, the monster who did this all to you, to everyone, with the loyalty of so many people that I don't deserve."

"Are you done waxing?"

"...Yeah." pulls out the key "I'm assuming this is what you're here for." silence. "Now what?"

"Now I'm taking this key and you are going to come along to fix at least a fragment of what you fucked up."

"I am?"

"Yes."

"You sound very certain."

"I've been listening to your Whalers practice your eulogy and very unsubtly try to convince me of your virtues for a week. I also stole your damn diary. I am very certain and very livid, so I suggest we finish this conversation and get going before I change my mind and drive your own sword through your throat."