open; Tuesday evening; cafeteria

[tevinteriscoming]

[So you decided to come to this spontaneous gathering. Not Dorian's gathering, mind. He's not leading this, it was just a suggestion some people made and one of those people who made it was Dorian.

But nonetheless, you are here, in the cafeteria, at the time suggested by Dorian.]

Comments

[bloodbiter]

[she pauses for a moment, but]

I see at least one crucial difference.

[antietam]

Which is?

[bloodbiter]

In this war of yours, if both laid down their weapon and were assured that the other would not use their weaponry in turn... Did one country have a way to completely destroy the other by another method after the weaponry was discarded?

[antietam]

... I don't think so. [ A sigh. ] But it's much harder to kill someone with your hands. When you have a gun, all it takes is a second.

[bloodbiter]

[a pause]

I'm sorry, but - what is a gun?

[antietam]

You haven't seen one yet? [ Well that's probably good? ] It's a weapon that shoots projectiles at such a rate that it can typically even go through human bone. If you're shot in a place like this, you'll probably bleed out.

Four people here have some type of gun. [ He has memorized this. ]

[bloodbiter]

...That is troubling, I will admit. How large are these projectiles, typically?

[antietam]

Some people have handguns, which can be concealed under clothing. The others ones, I don't know. Guns can get pretty big.

[bloodbiter]

If the size of the projectile varies, wouldn't we be able to know which gun was used?

[antietam]

Unless it's a big difference, probably not. There are crime labs that have the technology to tell what kind of projectile was used from what kind of gun, but we don't have that.