Audience: Grace Monroe

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Most likely. [which is annoying.] It's only a set-back.

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... Is it? Do you know for sure that there isn't a limit to how many times you guys can heal?

[ like videogame lives. ]

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Envy's died quite frequently and seems to come back just fine. [it's a horrible comparison.]

I would prefer never to die again. So it's a matter of planning better and being more prepared than before.

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[ it is a horrible comparison and the face grace makes says as much ]

Do you even know what you're preparing and planning against? It can see everything you prepare, too, can't it?

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I don't know. [which is maybe the crux of the real problem.] But I refuse to stop just because of that.

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Well, obviously. [ both because greed is stubborn and because she gets spite! she do. she stitches maus under the chin ] But is there anything to do to get more info without that thing finding out?

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...no. [u_u] Likely not. It appears we may have to leave further investigation in your hands.

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[ grace pauses and remembers who they are all like and how great they are at finding things ]

That's not great.

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Believe me, no one is more pained by this realization than I am.

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Maybe... if you list things you think might be helpful, it'll help?

[ doubt. ]

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I have been, but so many of you are entirely too willful to do things your own way.

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To even show up here, I guess everyone had to be stubborn in their own way.

[ she is being nice and not pointing out that greed himself is very stubborn. ]

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Stubbornness isn't necessarily bad. [a weak defense because he's very aware.] It's the issue of not listening when things have already been told.

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Well, everyone's hearing different things, it sounded like, when we had that meeting.

[ hilarious. ]

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Is that because, perhaps, you're all asking different questions?

[tiredly.]

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Don't look at me, I get my information from you or Takeru.

[ her trusted? sources? ]

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And Sasazuka usually hears it from me or Gluttony, I think, so I suppose that's a loop I trust enough.

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See? It works out. [ there's a beat ] Though Mahito seems to think we're heading ... somewhere?

[ does this space station have a destination. ]

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...where the hell did he get that?

[WHY IS MAHITO MAHITOSON THE MOST EXHAUSTING PERSON.]

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Don't worry, I set him straight. I think he was only halfway listening to all the stuff shared at the info meeting.

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That hardly surprises me. I can only get him to halfway listen to me when I'm talking to him directly.

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We can't all be as obedient as Maus. [ who's a good boy. who!!! it's maus!!! who is getting ALL THE PETS ]

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Do you suppose he would benefit from obedience classes? That could be arranged.

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Do you really think they'd work on him?

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...it could be an interesting theory to test. I hadn't thought of it before, but he does seem to do best when you bribe him.