I'm starting to believe they're not actually "the bad guys." It's complicated. Cultural differences, language barriers. Nothing's all that straightforward here.
[Okay so he doesn't make air quotes or anything, but they're audible in how he repeats Skyler's words with a touch of emphasis. As the spirits stack on top of each other by hopping up onto their shoulders to form a little tower tall enough to deliver their drinks, Rosinante pulls his tablet from a coat pocket and sets it on the bar, then pages through the screens on the device until he pulls up an image, then pushes the tablet in Skyler's direction.]
Robin, the lighthouse keeper, says those are really what we're here for. She calls them world eaters. They devour light and life throughout the stars and they're headed our direction. They swing by every few years, I guess. She's estimating we have another year and a half until they find us. We have to figure out how to stop them.
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[Okay so he doesn't make air quotes or anything, but they're audible in how he repeats Skyler's words with a touch of emphasis. As the spirits stack on top of each other by hopping up onto their shoulders to form a little tower tall enough to deliver their drinks, Rosinante pulls his tablet from a coat pocket and sets it on the bar, then pages through the screens on the device until he pulls up an image, then pushes the tablet in Skyler's direction.]
Robin, the lighthouse keeper, says those are really what we're here for. She calls them world eaters. They devour light and life throughout the stars and they're headed our direction. They swing by every few years, I guess. She's estimating we have another year and a half until they find us. We have to figure out how to stop them.