[ Even if it's another deflection, the pleased, surprised blush this raises to his face is almost audible in his voice, and the warmth definitely is. He takes a moment to process that undercurrent in Arcade's voice, because even with the deliberate exaggeration, it doesn't strike him as something the man would just bullshit. He wouldn't have a reason to, and Danse trusts his word in general far more now than he did before. And if there's anyone here whose judgment he would value about another person's intellect, it's Arcade. ]
Do the Followers pay you a bonus to recruit for them, or do you just do it on your own? Because you're not half bad at it.
[ He's joking, sort of, but not really, because the fact that Arcade has made the prospect sound like anything other than a total non-starter if they ever get home is pretty damn impressive in its own right. ]
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[ Even if it's another deflection, the pleased, surprised blush this raises to his face is almost audible in his voice, and the warmth definitely is. He takes a moment to process that undercurrent in Arcade's voice, because even with the deliberate exaggeration, it doesn't strike him as something the man would just bullshit. He wouldn't have a reason to, and Danse trusts his word in general far more now than he did before. And if there's anyone here whose judgment he would value about another person's intellect, it's Arcade. ]
Do the Followers pay you a bonus to recruit for them, or do you just do it on your own? Because you're not half bad at it.
[ He's joking, sort of, but not really, because the fact that Arcade has made the prospect sound like anything other than a total non-starter if they ever get home is pretty damn impressive in its own right. ]