𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙣-Hector Escaton

𝙞𝙭.

𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙣

𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧: 𝙞𝙭.

They rode out at dawn, just like William said. And promptly got themselves arrested so that they could get to the jail. 

Eudora was in an armored fucking carriage, stuck sitting between William and Lawrence. All three of them were handcuffed.

She was silent, leaning back against the seat, mentally cursing every god she could think of. This sucked. She was going to a prison to meet up with a robot who she was starting to think she was obsessed with, while being dragged along with another robot and a friend of her father's and sitting across from the robot who had arrested her.

William turned to look at Lawrence. "You gonna give me the silent treatment the whole way there?" he asked.

"You should've left me hanging from those gallows," Lawrence stated. "At least I could've died in peace without having to hear you yammer."

William let out a chuckle at that. He started to reach into his coat.

"Aah," the man scolded, raising his gun to aim it at William's chest. 

William flashed a smile, drawing out a cigar case. "Don't suppose you have a light?" he said. 

"No smoking in here," the man answered, voice firm.

"Normally, I'm sure, but this is the finest tobacco a man can enjoy. Hand-rolled on the ample thighs of exotic women. Perhaps you'd like to try one yourself."

The man thought for a moment before he leaned forward, taking the cigar case and tucking it away inside his coat.

Eudora tried her best to contain a snort. William put on a pout, putting the only cigar he had into the pocket lining his coat.

"Choices, Lawrence," William said. "You know, you tell yourself you've been at the mercy of mine because it spares you consideration of your own. Because if you did consider your choices, you'd be confronted with a truth you could not comprehend- - that no choice you ever made was your own. You have always been a prisoner."

"What if I told you I'm here to set you free?" William asked Lawrence in a quiet voice. 

Lawrence met his gaze. William smiled.

Eudora closed her eyes. She was quickly learning that she was an idiot for wanting to travel with William.

They reached the prison. Eudora bit down on her lip until she tasted blood.