I told you I wanted a piece of the shell to analyze.
[Yeah he knows better than to demand access to the hatchling that Arthur is like to guard as dearly as his own children. It's okay, he'll just do horrible experiments on Damian's! ... Well, no, he wouldn't. But he's guaranteed easier access to it than Arthur's, whereas he wants to collect fragments from as many of the shells as possible.
He takes a casual sip from the bottle as he finishes speaking. It's a testament to the fact that he does... bear some trust towards the Atlantean that he doesn't take the opportunity to scan it for drugs or poison first.]
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I told you I wanted a piece of the shell to analyze.
[Yeah he knows better than to demand access to the hatchling that Arthur is like to guard as dearly as his own children. It's okay, he'll just do horrible experiments on Damian's! ... Well, no, he wouldn't. But he's guaranteed easier access to it than Arthur's, whereas he wants to collect fragments from as many of the shells as possible.
He takes a casual sip from the bottle as he finishes speaking. It's a testament to the fact that he does... bear some trust towards the Atlantean that he doesn't take the opportunity to scan it for drugs or poison first.]