“You are capable but you do not what to do it is what you mean to say,” Altair said, expression turning sour. “I did not actively<i>seek </i>to be here. I did not ask to be taken in your oceans, beaten, whipped, and..” his voice trailed off, he couldn’t finish, choking on his fury. Part of him genuinely wanted to slap Diens in the face for the audacity of his statement. He let go of the edge of the desk, walked over to Diens, stood tall, eyeing the man in the face, and thought about it.<br/><br/>“But I am here. So someone take some god damned responsibility because your lord is the one who plucked me from the grasp of my goddess, or your sea god, I do not know who might have had me first.” Altair’s nostrils flared. “I am here. I deserve the decency of clothing regardless of if I am only ambling around this room. I deserve an explanation of what is going to happen to me here. Yet you are capable but leave me in anticipation. I am sick of cruelty and discourtesy, Diens.” And for Altair, it was cruel to leave him worrying over what was going to happen to him. He’d had his world turned upside down a few times since his capture. The not knowing was almost as bad as being able to predict Cygnus. He knew the rules to that game even if they were not written in his favor. He didn’t know the first thing about playing this new one.<br/><br/>Altair’s eyes flashed back to the desk. He walked back over to it and took a seat, naked in the chair, careful so that it didn’t disrupt his back. He poured himself a cup of water.. no, upon taking a sip he found it was tea. Cooled to room temperature but he didn’t care. He took a sheet of parchment paper then and found ink and pen; started writing a letter addressed to his prior master’s family explaining what had occurred during the raid and who was responsible.<br/><br/>“A criminal act has occurred. Ellania will want answers as to why one of their ships has never returned. Your Lord might express his condolences for the vile act and perhaps offer to have any<i>retrieved goods</i>returned to their rightful place.”