> "It always seemed like a waste to practice just one."

Long twitches a smile down at the pages, then dutifully examines the map Horst indicates with another smile. "Now that is rather fetching, although I do prefer my own hotel room..."

The next question causes him to lift his head, arch his brows at Horst, and shrug.

"Our captors are not physically present, Herr Brauer. Protesting against them has to date not been terribly effective. One can choose to exercise a slightly more comfortable captivity, with pleasant dinners and comfortable clothes, or one can subsist at a survival level and 'protest', I suppose.

"Personally, I enjoy steak dinners, and quality whiskey. I suppose that makes me quite complicit."