Audience: Grace Monroe

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[maus armycrawls his way closer to grace to be in petting range while eating his treat.]

Are you mad because it incinerated the shrimp, or because it didn't stay behind?

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Kinda both? I don't think the shrimp were that important, but. That was a little annoying too.

[ but really bitch could have stayed instead of running off after she made the effort to find it. damn. maus is getting ALL the pets instead ]

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I imagine it's because the dog wasn't relevant to the case after that. Perhaps it heard a sound only it could hear to beckon it back to the park?

[maus is perfect and it shows that greed is biased when they scritch their dog on his widdle head.]

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It sounds weird when you put it like that. [ it's fine maus is getting all the pets from two people now ] I mean, so long as it's fine or whatever. But who knows, maybe we could have used it to check everyone to see who killed Eleanor.

[ she's kidding ]

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While that wouldn't be the most unorthodox method I've seen used in a courtroom, I don't think that would have gone quite as you imagine.

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I mean, I figure he'd have just set anyone and everyone on fire...

[ a beat and she leans forward, eager ]

What do you mean, not the most unorthodox you've seen?

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There's that as well. [but siiiigh.]

I've been a part of many cases that have been out of the ordinary, to say the least. Nearly all of the cases I've acted as prosecution have been murder cases.

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But did you bring on a dog as a witness?

[ lifts maus' paw. like she is making the point using him ]

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[...he pets his dog's paw because he loves the baby.]

No. But Wright cross-examined a parrot to prove my innocence of that murder I told you about.

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[ i mean it's bad greed keeps being accused of murder but on the other hand, no, that's just straight up funny and she's laughing ]

And it worked?

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[GRACE?]

...that man had an incredible record of making the most ridiculous ideas work in his favor.

[...he doesn't sound too annoyed about it though.]

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[ CROSS EXAMINING A PARROT IS OBJECTIVELY FUNNY CHANGE HER MIND ]

That one worked out in your favor, too, though. [ she nudges greedworth with maus' paw, because the dog is letting her do things ] So I'm not seeing the downside in trying to use a dog as evidence next time. Even if they're naughty and breathe fire everywhere.

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[i can't i hate phoenix so much. maus lets this happen and greed catches maus's paw to swing it a little, like a gentle handhold.]

The difference is that a parrot can speak. I can't imagine a dog would provide much evidence given they're prone to being friendly to most people. [he gets what she's trying to say, but he's arguing anyway.]

On the other hand, I truly wish they hadn't involved the dogs in the first place.

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You'd need a really loyal dog, I guess. [ alas. and she makes a face when he mentions not involving dogs ] Yeah, I have no idea what Eleanor was thinking for... pretty much all of that.

[ why would you bring a dog to a murder. why would you set up a cocktail sauce trap. wh y ]

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Neither do I. [wryly. the whole thing was a mess to be honest.] I didn't think to ask either, obviously.

[because...she is dead.]

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Yeah, that's the downside with all these murders. We can't exactly ask the victims what they were thinking. Like... why go out for croissants in the middle of the night.

[ LUCA ]

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I can only assume Valentino didn't realize what time it was. You do know the clocks here aren't all synced very well.

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Greed, I know you're a lawyer, but you don't have to defend stupid choices.

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It's not really a defense...

[but he didn't mind luca, so.]

[alteracion]

Hmhmm.

[ gently deposits maus in greed's lap ]

Well, the killers are to blame anyway. They're the ones with the stupider choices. [ speaking of, though. she sits cross legged, leaning her elbows on her knees ] ... Apparently Misa heard you get more indulgence killing someone.

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[it's just grace, so he cares a lot less if she sees him holding his dog carefully. almost a cuddle. not quite though.]

That would be because it's true.

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Mm. I figured. [ she leans back to stare at the sky ] That's always been the whole thing, right? Testing how far we're willing to go for our wish.

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Yes. It's why we've encouraged you all to indulge in other means, but I think some of you grew too impatient to wait. Or wanted to ensure you pulled ahead. There are plenty of reasons this has happened.

I don't necessarily like any of them.

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[ she looks back at greed before looking back down to her hands ]

I always thought it was something like that. Taking out the competition.

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That's the general idea. The robot started it, and others followed. Though I'm sure it would have only been a matter of time before someone thought to try it themselves out of sheer desperation.