"Oooh, so is that how you lost it? I always assumed that you'd lost it in an unfortunate accident whilst trying to drink through a straw while wearing that mask. Your version is much more dramatic, though. I like that~!" Lau is habitually flippant, even though he knows the man next to him could kill him in the time it takes to blink his single eye.

"As for me, I've stopped dreaming." He shrugs lightly. These days, sleep eludes him without the aid of drugs, and his opium-fogged dreams are heavy and dark. "I wonder what that says about me as a person?"