The sound of that voice makes him feel ill. Makes sweat bead on his forehead. Of course he knows the voice - how many videos did he study, listening to that voice? Public speeches, communications on the comconsole. Intercepted tight-beam transmissions, sometimes, the voice lowered in intimacy. Not often. Sometimes, though. It's a businesslike voice, now, but it's no less terrifying for being clipped and neutral than it would be thundering in rage or whispering in menace.
Privately, the clone wonders if this is the beginning of the end.
What could it be for? Will he ask to meet in person? What if he does? What if it's a trap? What if he's found out? What will he do? What will the repercussions be for him? The clone, insanely, thinks of calling up Lucifer and begging him for sanctuary and mercy. Hide me now. Act now against them. Destroy them, you have to destroy them, before they kill me.
He doesn't. Instead, he does the rational, reasonable thing: he pretends he never got that call and doesn't call back. ]
[Voice]
Oh.
The sound of that voice makes him feel ill. Makes sweat bead on his forehead. Of course he knows the voice - how many videos did he study, listening to that voice? Public speeches, communications on the comconsole. Intercepted tight-beam transmissions, sometimes, the voice lowered in intimacy. Not often. Sometimes, though. It's a businesslike voice, now, but it's no less terrifying for being clipped and neutral than it would be thundering in rage or whispering in menace.
Privately, the clone wonders if this is the beginning of the end.
What could it be for? Will he ask to meet in person? What if he does? What if it's a trap? What if he's found out? What will he do? What will the repercussions be for him? The clone, insanely, thinks of calling up Lucifer and begging him for sanctuary and mercy. Hide me now. Act now against them. Destroy them, you have to destroy them, before they kill me.
He doesn't. Instead, he does the rational, reasonable thing: he pretends he never got that call and doesn't call back. ]