[The moment Alex looks at Ben in a way he absolutely cannot begin to decipher, Ben knows this was a bad idea; but he's been noticed and so he's pinned there, obligated to wait to be dismissed, suddenly terrified by the emotions he can't at all read in the warden's expression.
It's safest to assume he's about to be punished; his jaw tenses but he does not otherwise move, smoothing the lines of his frame into the best semblance of formal that he can, and does not react to his name.]
My designation is X5-493.
I apologize, sir. I was informed I had clearance to occupy this level.
no subject
It's safest to assume he's about to be punished; his jaw tenses but he does not otherwise move, smoothing the lines of his frame into the best semblance of formal that he can, and does not react to his name.]
My designation is X5-493.
I apologize, sir. I was informed I had clearance to occupy this level.