Audience: Grace Monroe

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[alteracion]

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

That's not great.

[probe]

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

[alteracion]

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

[ doubt. ]

[probe]

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

[alteracion]

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. ]

[probe]

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.

[alteracion]

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

[ hilarious. ]

[probe]

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

[tiredly.]

[alteracion]

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

[ her trusted? sources? ]

[probe]

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

[alteracion]

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.]

[alteracion]

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

[probe]

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

[alteracion]

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

[probe]

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

[alteracion]

Do you really think they'd work on him?

[probe]

...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.

[alteracion]

I don't think he'll be as easy to bribe as Maus, though.

[probe]

Perhaps not. I've been giving him books to keep himself occupied, but he reads so fast I'll have to recommend new ones soon.

[alteracion]

[ the flea can READ ]

It's too bad you can't use dog treat for him too instead.

[probe]

I haven't actually tried. [and the tone says now he's considering it? bad.]

[alteracion]

You should. Even if he doesn't take the bait, he probably won't be offended, so there's no downside!

[probe]

I'll keep that in mind, thank you. [horrible. but also? hilarious.]

[alteracion]

Please tell me what happens when you do it.

[ for the hilarity ]