"If this-", he said dryly, gesturing vaguely to indicate their general surroundings, "-is your idea of a game, I question your tastes in entertainment. But at the moment that's neither here nor there."
His expression hardened as he began to outline what Sun had been subjected to in his old home. "The human staff of the daycare where Sun worked went out of their way to belittle and abuse Sun. The shiftless louts forced him to do most all their work for them, so that they could fritter away their days playing games and collecting wages they did nothing to earn. They manhandled him, threatened him with being 'scrapped' if he disobeyed or didn't perform his- and their- duties to their satisfaction, and on more than one occasion struck him with... I'm not certain what the weapon is called in your world, if it even exists. It was a short staff or baton that unleashes a harsh jolt of lightning energy when it strikes its target; certain Garlean soldiers in my world carry similar devices."
"He's been struck with it multiple times, as both Moon and Sun. Moon's mere presence seems to be reason enough for the staff to lash out at him with it; there may be more of an excuse- albeit a poor one- with Moon in his current state, but in the vision in which I saw him struck, Moon was threatening no one. It was used on Sun, meanwhile, as 'punishment' for unsatisfactory work and gods know what else; gentle as he is, with him, it could only have been meant as a weapon of terror."
"There's more yet, but I'll give you a moment," he said. And give himself a moment as well, so that he could hopefully relay the rest of the information without snarling.
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His expression hardened as he began to outline what Sun had been subjected to in his old home. "The human staff of the daycare where Sun worked went out of their way to belittle and abuse Sun. The shiftless louts forced him to do most all their work for them, so that they could fritter away their days playing games and collecting wages they did nothing to earn. They manhandled him, threatened him with being 'scrapped' if he disobeyed or didn't perform his- and their- duties to their satisfaction, and on more than one occasion struck him with... I'm not certain what the weapon is called in your world, if it even exists. It was a short staff or baton that unleashes a harsh jolt of lightning energy when it strikes its target; certain Garlean soldiers in my world carry similar devices."
"He's been struck with it multiple times, as both Moon and Sun. Moon's mere presence seems to be reason enough for the staff to lash out at him with it; there may be more of an excuse- albeit a poor one- with Moon in his current state, but in the vision in which I saw him struck, Moon was threatening no one. It was used on Sun, meanwhile, as 'punishment' for unsatisfactory work and gods know what else; gentle as he is, with him, it could only have been meant as a weapon of terror."
"There's more yet, but I'll give you a moment," he said. And give himself a moment as well, so that he could hopefully relay the rest of the information without snarling.