"Well--" Byrne let out a dry, humorless laugh. "I wouldn't say only last night, but as far as nights go in a hellhole like this, it certainly was worse than usual." He shrugged, and shook his head. "Nah. The day they'll cut us a break and leave us alone'll be the day pigs fly."

Hmm. Depth Charge didn't seem so willing to discuss whatever happened to him last night, either. With both of them being sarcastic and vague, the conversation wasn't about to go anywhere, was it? Ah, well. Perhaps instead of gently encouraging Depth Charge to talk openly, Byrne should change the subject instead? Then neither one of them would have to think about recent events. Yeah, that would work. But what to change the subject to?

Maybe to something that was becoming pretty obvious. "Nanokliks," he mused, slightly raising an eyebrow with curious interest. All of these weird terms he'd never heard of, Depth Charge's name, the uh...blue hair - it was all pretty convincing evidence. This was one thing Byrne wanted cleared up, just to know if nothing else. "I can't help wondering--and I apologize if this isn't true or if you're offended by this question, but--were you not human before you came here?"