[ He laughs, feeling somehow validated by her frustration, as foolish as it is. ]
Right. I thought, we'd find a way, you know? The murderers are slippery, and they avoid our questions, but there's something. We just need to find a way. Outsmart the gimmicks they've put in place. We'll find a way.
Or the contact with them. We have-- there will be options. The right people just need to have them, any information we get from that has to be shared or else we'll keep going nowhere.
As long as the communication is used communally, hopefully we'll be able to band together to get some results. I just... [ He sighs. ] I think people might be afraid, of asking too much. What might happen.
oh also some things happened earlier so i need to retcon that her injured arm has Not been in the sling it was in earlier, she's just been holding it still.]
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Right. I thought, we'd find a way, you know? The murderers are slippery, and they avoid our questions, but there's something. We just need to find a way. Outsmart the gimmicks they've put in place. We'll find a way.
Well, what now?
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[god. the anger is still there, but it's being overtaken by sorrow, at this point.]
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... Maybe Sally's item. If someone returns from the daycare, maybe they can help.
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[ He blinks, staring up at the ceiling. ]
As long as the communication is used communally, hopefully we'll be able to band together to get some results. I just... [ He sighs. ] I think people might be afraid, of asking too much. What might happen.
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[there's just-- frustration. exhaustion.
oh also some things happened earlier so i need to retcon that her injured arm has Not been in the sling it was in earlier, she's just been holding it still.]
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... You're speaking quite a bit now. How's your throat?
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I'll live. It didn't... feel like the kind of subject to leave to an artificial voice.
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What about your arm?
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Needed both arms to stop Malik from running off to commit murder.
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Sorry, what?
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[said in the matter-of-fact way that comes only from the purest exhaustion with your problem teen.]
It's-- we're fine. He's fine. Think we got some development in, there, I don't think he truly wanted to do it, he was... lashing out.
[but she definitely still had to talk him down from going off to stab.]
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Was he that close with Wang Lu?
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