Chapter 2 He's still biggie, but I'm not so twiggie now, eh?

“She’s asleep” Din said, as he and Arthur walked into the main atrium of Coras. The two found a table with two vacant seats and sat down. The room was massive. One could hardly look from one end to the other, and the fact that 80% of the people currently living in this particular Gray Area. The roof stood well over even Arthur’s head, in the shape of a dome. The dome was split up by different coloured stonework into three areas: Rest, Fight, and Observe. The resting area is where residents often found Din and Arthur talking, and was covered entirely by tables identical to the one that the pair sat at.
“You mean unconscious” Arthur corrected “People don’t just fall asleep while you’re talking, you know.” He sipped a cup of water, and the sound of sloshing turned heads. Arthur growled at them, and all the heads turned back doubly as quick. “What a bunch of rats! Scurrying at even the sound of water”
“I can’t say that I blame them” Din answered “These are hard times for all of us. Besides, it’s kind of your own fault slinging that stuff around. You know full well what it’s like around here” The pair knew all too well how treasured even a single cup of water could be. Deaths over water had become so common that the city of Coras didn’t even bother policing water trafficking anymore. After a while, only Tursen were given rations of water that they could keep. All other resources were able to be picked up in exchange for ration tickets, and had to be drank the moment they were picked up.
“Fine” Arthur said “You’re right. But they know who we are. Why would they even bother giving us such murderous looks? Having water obviously means that we’re Tursen, and having the status of Tursen means that we obviously could kill 10 of these rats in a second!”
“Because” Din said, looking at his friend “They will die without water anyway. I’d say living is something worth risking your life for” Sometimes Din didn’t like constantly having to correct his friend, but it wasn’t as if he could sit with anyone else. Giving the pair the nickname “Biggie and Twiggy” wasn’t a name given in teasing form. It was the only way that the other people living in Coras could insult the pair. People would have the look of those who tease using these names, but it was obvious the feelings that their smiles would hide. Tursen had water, and the people didn’t. Thus, the Tursen were hated. “But hey, it’s better than being thirsty, right old friend?”
“Damn straight” Arthur replied. He drank the last bit of the cup and stood up to find Din gone. Arthur wasn’t worried. He knew exactly what was going on.
“They’re here.” Din said, at Arthur’s side once again. Din’s ability to be undetected even by Arthur amazed him even after the six years the pair had been a pair.
“Who is it this time?” Arthur asked
“Ulto” Din answered “But Phera didn’t come. Neither did Toun, or Tamber.”
“Ulto without their top three?” Arthur laughed, emitting a high sound, betraying his figure. “These Tursen aren’t even worth our time!”