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[disingenuous]

caw caw motherfucker

make a group of you

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[chevaliered]

For Vin. And for Ruby.

[ what ]

[disingenuous]

[ It doesn't take two and two when Atsushi touched the rose pin, and Vax nudged Ruby. Roxana isn't slow on the romance uptake. ]

They're so young.

[ Roxana is not that much older than they are. ]

[chevaliered]

[ crow has his own reason for suspecting — roxana might catch a glimpse of a little golden rose on a chain around his neck if she’s looking. ]

A lot of people here are. But they ended up with that responsibility.

[disingenuous]

[ When isn't Roxana paying attention? Ruby out here divulging her love life to all these people. ]

Most of them are strong enough to handle it, I think, even if they shouldn't have to.

[chevaliered]

[ ruby's a good bean. ]

Yeah, but like you said -- they shouldn't have to. Just because they can. They'll get through it, but it's gonna hurt like heck for a long time.

[disingenuous]

That's the nature of this place. Either they persist despite all the hurt, or....

[ they break. ]

[chevaliered]

Mm.

[ he doesn't really expand on it. he knows what she means. ]

Still. It sort of hit home there yesterday, huh?

[disingenuous]

It did. I don't know if it'll get any better.

[ she is pretty sure it won't. ]

[chevaliered]

Who knows. We had one surprise save after all.

[disingenuous]

[ It was automatically negated by Malik turning after for Roxana.

He can feel that in her emotions

in how it's not even calm

it's empty.

She's fucking blank. ]

It was not a net positive.

[chevaliered]

It wasn’t. Couldn’t even let us have that for a moment before it got wrecked, huh?

[ ro your emotions. your EMOTIONS. ]

[disingenuous]

I hate it.

[ This is genuine. He doesn't need her emotions to know that even if she's still as stony-faced and as even-toned as ever. ]

[chevaliered]

…

[ that’s a relatable mood, though. ]

Yeah. I’m not a fan either.

[disingenuous]

I'm tired of it. I have been tired of it.

[chevaliered]

[ unsurprising. ]

So, what do we do about it? That’s the next question. We’re stuck still, without any clear way out.

[disingenuous]

[ she feels steely and also a little resigned. it's terrible. ]

I don't know. We've started compiling all our information, but... it's still only that.

[chevaliered]

We need… less of a trickle and more of a flood of it.

[disingenuous]

Enough to make a plan and execute it.

[chevaliered]

Exactly.