i'd be lying if i said i wasn't surprised by that either convenient or not
[...] xion's said he saved her life once can't help but be suspicious he did it to get in a monster's good graces for later not because he's truly sympathetic
[Stupid to try to convince all monsters - but one or two? That's doable.]
[Not that it doesn't have its own hazards, and he does seem to be on the outs with the rest of his group - that'd take a pretty good act if it was a lie. Stocke can't decide which conclusion to lean toward.]
<stocke>
convenient or not
[...]
xion's said he saved her life once
can't help but be suspicious he did it to get in a monster's good graces for later
not because he's truly sympathetic
[Stupid to try to convince all monsters - but one or two? That's doable.]
[Not that it doesn't have its own hazards, and he does seem to be on the outs with the rest of his group - that'd take a pretty good act if it was a lie. Stocke can't decide which conclusion to lean toward.]