Fugue Why

Stefervin: "WELL, HARVESTER? WHAT WILL YOU DO?"
Kevin: "Just... Hold on. The voices are, uh, debating... Most of them, um, want me to uphold the deal, but, uh... listen this whole thing happened under, like uh, false pretenses. You were definitely going to eat me if I had a core and you... wanted it, I guess... Or judged it wrong or whatever."
Stefervin: "...YES. THAT IS ACCURATE. KEVIN, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED IGNORING THE VOICES?"
Kevin: "Uh... well... first could you go back to calling me 'HARVESTER?' Even if Kevin isn't my name, the sort-of hollow way you say it makes my skin crawl... my hypothetical skin... And second, why would you want me to ignore the voices? They mostly want me to help you."
Stefervin: "I SUGGEST YOU IGNORE THEM BECAUSE I MADE A DEAL WITH YOU; NOT THEM. IF YOUR INTENTION IS TO BE A SUPPLICANT TO THEIR WILL, THEN MY ONLY ALLY - AND MY BEST SHOT AT FREEDOM - IS ESSENTIALLY A PUPPET FOR ENTITIES I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. BESIDES, IT INTERESTS ME FAR MORE WHAT YOU WANT THAN WHAT THEY WANT."
Kevin: "I... hm..."
Head Thing: "Nyeheheh!"
Stefervin: "TAKE YOUR TIME AND THINK IT OVE-"
Kevin: "No! Sorry, uh... I mean, I don't need to... I'm going to get the key... I promised I would. But, uh, when I bring it back here I can't give it to you until you answer all my questions... and if I don't like what you have to say I... I'm gonna find the Harvesters Union and give it to them... Uh... Yeah. They can decide what to do with you... in that case..."
Stefervin: "..."
Kevin: "Is that... uh... does that work... for you?"
Stefervin: "FRIEND, YOU HAVE ALL THE POWER IN THIS ARRANGEMENT. WHAT 'WORKS FOR ME' MATTERS VERY LITTLE AND, AS SUCH, I WON'T EVEN BOTHER ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. IF I MAY BE FRANK, THOUGH... YOU ARE A TERRIBLE NEGOTIATOR."
Kevin: *weak laugh* "I... uh, yeah. So where do I find the key?"
Stefervin: "THE TYRANT WHO IMPRISONED ME - A DUKE BY THE NAME OF 'THE SWARM COUNCIL' - RULES A SMALL-BUT-INFLUENTIAL FIEFDOM NEAR THE SURFACE."
Kevin: "That's... the duke is a council?"
Stefervin: "YOU COULD BEGIN YOUR SEARCH THERE, IN THE COLONY. HOWEVER, THE SWARM COUNCIL DIDN'T RETAIN MY KEY FOR VERY LONG. IT WAS SOON STOLEN BY THE VERY ROGUE THAT PERPETRATED THE CRIMES I'M PAYING FOR. AT THE TIME, THEY WERE KNOWN TO MOST AS SMILE EYES. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR FATE OR THEIR WHEREABOUTS."
Kevin: "Alright... So I just have to track down an infamous thief who was never caught and, uh... all I have to go on is a pseudonym they might not even use anymore?"
Stefervin: "YES."
Kevin: "..." *sigh*

((This is likely going to be the only update this week. It's one of those weeks))