Original X-roads-2003

    He shrugged, “It’s easy enough to get out.”
    “Exactly what do you expect to get out of this?”
    “I’ll take the first interesting offer I hear, in the meantime eat something.There’s more than one way to make you eat, you forget I’m the leader of the Triblician Army. We didn’t get our reputation by being nice to people.”
    “Oh I’m so worried about it.” I started in, though I already had seen him in action. Why was I in this group anyway, I’m not like them, am I?
    “You haven’t been the nicest person to me.”
    “Well you make it so easy.”
    “So do you.” he picked up some fruit off the plate and ate it. “Easy in so many ways.”
    “Was that an off color comment about my drinking?”
    “Hurry up and eat.” he pushed the platter towards me.
    “Make me.” I glared at him.
    “Ok.” he stood up.
    “No wait I was joking.” I reached for the platter. “Like I would seriously tell you something like that. Like I’m that stupid.” I grabbed a piece of fruit and began to eat.
    I didn’t eat everything but I ate enough, and he brought me water to drink, which he was also drinking, strange…