Banger Grimm opens his front door & allows Dimi entry without a word.
They both head to the tiny kitchen & pour themselves a cup of tea, & make their way to an equally tiny den.
After a few minutes Banger breaks the silence & asks: "How did you know I wouldn't poison you?" "I didn't" Damien replied without looking up.
"Well, you deserve to be." ..."I know."
The older man rises from his seat opposite the younger, & steps over to look out his window.
"It looks like Day is going to break in a few minutes..." the man said, while staring at the position of the moonlights shining from their casings & onto the cavern celing. "You should start heading back into Dis before your bloodhounds return with Yersinia.
At that, Dimi finally looks up to meet the eyes of an old friend, only to see someone that has turned his back on him.
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Matthew 'Banger' Grimm is the very first resident of the Green Hell, & is the primary reason that it is a living one.
Having spent the majority of his career as a herbology professor on planet Cambridge, he was stripped of his tenure & fired for his ongoing, outspoken dissent against the Bretonian government & support of the Gaian cause during his classes & lectures.
Blacklisted by the Royal house & unable to find work, he made his way to Edinburgh for a fresh start.
Finding employment on Islay as a miner for the Level 66 project, he eventually formed the 'Gravedancers Union' as an effort to improve the working conditions within the six unfinished caverns.
As the years went on, Matthew was a constant thorn in Caulobacter's side, & gained a reputation as a hero among the workers for his ability to bang out beneficial agreements for them.
Eventually, in spite of themselves & their constant arguing over pay, housing, & medical benefits, Caul & Matt realized they have each met their match, & eventually buried the hatchet, & became the best of friends.
After the mining was finished, he retired to a small stone cabin in the northern cavern & began his attempts to improve the air quality by bringing in untold tons of plantlife via former Gravedancers & volunteers.
After almost a decade of failures, something finally clicked, & life began to take hold within the bowels of Islay Station.
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"Where the hell do you get your information?" Dimi asked, staring at the back of the older man; in a tone both 'suprised' & 'not at all' at the same time.
"Kiss my a**." he said without turning.
Damien could do nothing but quietly leave Banger Grimm's cabin & slowly walk back to the central cave as his heart breaks in unison with the dawn.