[Video] [Shepherd's Haven]

[witnessme]

[The feed shows a young man who looks to be in his late teens or early twenties; it could honestly go either way. Suffice it to say he's around Tony's age, and he's super excited and shirtless despite the brisk weather in the southern hemisphere.]

S-so. How about these goo things, huh?

[A twitchy smile. Despite being Numbered now, for a long time he wasn't, and he's still paying some penance for a past crime. He feels like he hasn't quite earned Network privileges yet, in other words.]

I'm Luca D-Dantonio. Uh. Some of you might remember me from the thing with Al-Albero. But even before I got my Number, you guys were great to me. No boss ever treated me like that, so uh. I hope that there was never any doubt or anything but I want you guys and the newbies to know that I'm on your side, OK? I'm loyal. If anyone can say anything about me it's that. I'll even fix your stuff up for you, my Other was some kind of mechanic I think.

Oh...! Oh, also, one of my echoes says that m-my guy's name was Nux. I kind of like that. Simple. You can call me that. I'd actually kind of like it b-better if it's OK to ask for.

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[solvethepuzzle]

I would say that you haven't given me a reason to distrust you since we met, yes. [Okay, it's not quite the same thing; he probably hasn't phrased this in the best way, but Nathan is Nathan. He understands completely why people are having these reactions. He'd been rather uneasy himself when he'd first learned of Nux's history.]

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[witnessme]

Wow! OK, yeah, thanks! That's great!

[He's so simply and easily satisfied.]

Voice

[solvethepuzzle]

[This is probably why they manage to get along as well as they do; it's harder to make a social flub with people who are easily satisfied.

[He is still not used to such enthusiastic praise, and it sort of comes through in his voice.] It is . . . all I can do. As long as you understand that it will still take time and your own efforts to show you mean what you say. That will mean more than anything I can tell someone.

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[witnessme]

[Much harder. Nux is still so thrilled when people toss him little scraps of social interaction instead of just telling him to go scrub toilets to make up for shooting Tony.]

Yeah I g-get that much. I'm gonna work really hard at it. I'm not gonna let you or yours down. My word is my bond.