-- make do with that better? We might not be picking a side, but the more information we have on our side, #Rips.'s and mine, the better. The saying goes: knowledge is power, and it's ::not:: wrong.

An alliance. I like the way that #Rips. uses the word, both benefiting the factionless and ::us::. The good half of us, anyway, not the ones that fall at #Slightly's feet religiously. I don't trust them, and it's unlikely that I ever will. Not unless they proved --

-- they did it out of fear. It's only worrying to me, because it makes me fear that I'm like #Tinkerbell. If there's anything in this world that I don't want to be, it's like ::her::. Worrying my lips together, I offer #TigerLily a look that says I meant and mean no harm, --

-- just like the way #Rips. raises his hands. "Yeah, that sounds like Abnegation. That's the faction I was born into, @ASkeevyPirate." Offering up a little bit of insight about where I come from, I think that it helps show another side. It plays right into --

-- the discussion, about how nobody fits just ::one:: faction. I came from Abnegation, and the Lost Boys are almost a direct opposite of them. They are soft, they're givers and nurturers. We protect, we're tough and we fight. If I had to, though, I would fit right in if I was --

-- dropped into Abnegation and forced to start again. Not without #Rips., of course, but otherwise? "My mom, she was always fond of helping the factionless. She never believed the lies that were spread or spouted, either. I was cut from that cloth."

Whether #TigerLily does or doesn't recognize how personal the information that #Rips. offers is, I do. Not only that, but I make a note about him offering it now, so I can dissect the weight of the significance behind it later. Likewise, I don't mistake --

-- @ASkeevyPirate's musing of being able to trust another faction, ::our:: faction. I don't take it lightly, either, because it isn't. Maybe it doesn't appear so, but ::trust:: is a heavy word to be throwing around, and #Hook doesn't seem like the kind of guy to just use --

-- words flippantly. No, he knows the extent of it, and what it means to people like #Rips. and myself. It means that we have ::a lot:: to uphold if he's so willingly placing his trust in us. It tells me that should we break that trust, #Peter and I, the Lost Boys would --

-- have a shit storm of trouble on our hands. Humming for his admission, I choose to keep my lips shut and contain this sort of revelation to myself. I'm not daft, I know that #Rips. had to of easily picked up on it, too. To call @ASkeevyPirate out on it would --

-- be like us making as if he's daft or not serious. That's not what we came to do, and we've been more than honest about wanting to hear ::their:: side. We never promised to side with them, and I don't peg either @ASkeevyPirate or #TigerLily stupid enough to mistake this for --

-- anything than what it is. The other factionless, though? They might be. Just like the rest of the Lost Boys... just like any other faction, truthfully. "One of these days, you two will have to make a trip and visit of your own. Bypass the rumour mill and see what --

-- The Lost Boys are about, what we have to offer." Putting it out into the air, I hope one of them lets the seed of an idea get planted.

He's not wrong. I ::am:: studious, and I've mastered being subtle at it. At least, that's what I believe. I pick up on small things; fidgeting, fingers twitching, eyes drifting upwards and to the left, feet bouncing, shoulders still as a breath is caught.. each person --

-- has an ::obvious:: tell. I don't know that @ASkeevyPirate is telling the truth, or if he's just practiced and rehearsed. I don't know him well enough to even dissect his every word. But I try. Everything spoke is committed to memory, and it's something I'll play --

-- back later. If he's being truthful? Good. I might find that I fall to the side or reckless and factionless more than anything else. If he's lying? He'll be no better than #TinkerBell.. just on the opposite end of the spectrum. Pressing my mostly empty tray out enough --

-- that arms can cross on the table, It doesn't slip me that @ASkeevyPirate neither confirmed or denied #Rips.'s invitation to join our Lost Boys in the Dauntless quarters. It's a notch on a belt, and nothing more.. for now. "So, do you welcome ::all:: factionless, --

-- @ASkeevyPirate? Or just the ones that seek and find you?" Filling the silence and asking a sincere question, I wonder.. The factionless aren't ::just:: weaklings. Some have a screw loose, others are limited in their abilities. Does he-- do ::they:: seek them out --

-- and offer refugee all the same, or do they have their limits? @ASkeevyPirate's answers defines more than any of us admit.

Charming skill?