The One With No Good-Byes [Video]

[twoheadsofcabbage]

[The boys are standing in front of a Barge-normal door. You know what that means kids...]

Our warden flew the coop.

[Scrad announces flatly. Charlie sarcastically adds:]

Big surprise.

[Actually, it is. They liked Drake; thought he was an okay guy. Trusted him, kinda. Almost. This hurts.

Don't expect them to admit that, though.]

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[timesbureaucrat]

To give up on you, I'd have to have had trust in you at some point. [The snark is automatic, even though he does actually think that Scrad and Charlie are the sort who might indeed graduate.]

But as far as Drake goes, again, I cite Arthas. Who has been here for four years and yet Drake was still convinced of his "inner goodness" and ability to graduate. Unless you're more hopelessly irredeemable than a mass murdering zombie lord, which I doubt, I find it hard to believe that Drake simply gave up.

[twoheadsofcabbage]

Maybe we are.

[Charlie pouts.]

[timesbureaucrat]

Only in your delusions of villainous grandeur.

[twoheadsofcabbage]

Maybe we just aren't worth it.

[Scrad suggests.]

[timesbureaucrat]

My first inmate was a Time Lord criminal who once destroyed a third of the universe. He was a waste of carbon whom, off the ship, I would have gladly seen vaporized. But on the ship, it didn't matter whether or not he was worth rehabilitation, I'd come here to do a job and I was going to do it. He disappeared, but I didn't.

In the grand scheme of the universe, none of us are worth very much. But one of Drake's notable qualities was that he was loyal. If he left without saying a word and settling his affairs, then he didn't leave by choice. [Narvin's a wee bit protective of the reputation of his former inmate.]

[twoheadsofcabbage]

Whatever, he's gone either way.

[Scrad sulks.]

[timesbureaucrat]

Yes, he has.

But remarkably enough, it is possible to miss someone without belittling their character.

[twoheadsofcabbage]

Tell it to somebody who misses someone.

[Charlie says.]