dead end

"Knock knock." Ronin used to spend a lot of time in jailhouses. Back when he'd been a simple guard, first, and then when he'd been captain and had fallen off the wagon, punching out people he really shouldn't have done. But it's been a while since he was in one - especially one like this. "Just you in here?" he wonders, straightening up from the doorframe where he's been leaning. There's something hard and tense about the Star at the moment, and it's unclear whether it's his situation or merely the season that's bringing it out. Stepping into her office, he tilts his head and gestures to the board she's taking apart. "Anything interesting?" he asks, already getting the feeling that he knows what she might have been investigating. "Anything I can help with?" Because she's called him here for a reason, and he has a feeling that neither of them are around right now for small talk. taliesin a long and lonesome road