I'm not making that assumption. You said she and Steph were close, and while you said you were only acquaintance with her you don't sound like you hate her or anything.
[of course he does. if there's anything he knows well from his alliances in the castle, it's that the moment you stop being useful, you'll die. a price can easily be placed on a person's life.
better to assume everyone is like that than to make the mistake of trusting the wrong person.]
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how laughable.]
What, are you not enough?
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I'm always in favor of people having more friends.
[raises his brows, mouth twitching slightly]
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You should be careful about assuming that everyone's buddy-buddy with each other just because they were from the same place.
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I'm not making that assumption. You said she and Steph were close, and while you said you were only acquaintance with her you don't sound like you hate her or anything.
[soooo. support???]
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[RAISES A BROW!!]
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Touche.
So-- you don't have to answer this question, because if you ask me it in return I'm not answering it-- but are you on her team?
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[he's just saying!!]
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You really do play your cards close to your chest. . .
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better to assume everyone is like that than to make the mistake of trusting the wrong person.]
Do you have room to talk?
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Maybe not.
[a huff]
Thought for what it's worth, if I could answer that question, I would.
I just don't want to lose a limb.
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though he's going to sit down and pop a painkiller into his mouth because standing for too long isn't great.]
"If I could" doesn't mean much, unfortunately.
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[. . . a hum, and his expression sobers, features darkening]
I have something else to share with you, though.
Shinobu killed Yu.
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How do you know?
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[but he holds up a hand, like he isn't willing to say anything more than that]
So unless the item was lying to me. . .
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[a tiny shrug]
I wrote her a letter asking her why she did it. Not-- not because I'm mad. . .
[I MEAN HE IS BUT]
But because we haven't been able to catch a killer yet, so we don't know what it is that's motivating them.
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Though either way, knowing how things work, her answer'll probably be smudged if it says too much.
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Probably. But it never hurts to try.