Audience: Yuri Leclerc

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[aubins]

[ ...... well, okay he can hold that thought for a moment. you deflector. ]

...

Wow. It's that easy to make you melt, huh?

[ he digs his finger tips in a liiiiiiittle more. ]

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[sometimes you pet a wrath and they lose the braincell they were holding, it's fine.]

Ghh. [... OKAY. god. they pull back after a moment, shivering.] Yeesh. Wow, that felt good. What were you asking me again? Right, control.

About half.

[aubins]

[ it's fine. yuri looks momentarily sulky when wrath pulls away because, wow, that was funny. but he drops his hand and listens. ]

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I dread asking which half, but I'm going to.

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What a shame, because I'm not telling you which half.

You all talk and I'm a magician who doesn't give away their secrets.

[aubins]

[ ...





he scratches the back of wrath's head again. ]

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[AAA STOP]

-- That's, hm, that's cheating. [their hood... like, flicks. where the ears should be.]

[aubins]

I know.

[ he does not stop.

also? hm. ]

I was going to ask about those reports you all had as well, but are you just going to be vague about that too?

[probe]

Which... oh, you mean the ones on the table during the trial?

[they are melted. goodbye.]

[aubins]

Mm. The ones you were sat on.

[ it's fitting for a flame-avatar. it's fine. ]

[probe]

Just case notes. I don't know why we had them, we already all knew what happened anyway.

[aubins]

So, why the circus, if you already know what happened and who did it?

[probe]

Because there's no chance for indulgence if we just grab the killer and go, my dude.

[aubins]

Our reactions to something like this count as indulgences?

[ pls ]

[probe]

[they shrug.]

Sure.

[aubins]

That doesn't sound particularly official.

[




scritch scritch. ]

[probe]

You've talked to me a few times, I don't know where you got the impression that I'm official.

[stop their leg is going to start kicking.]

[aubins]

[ you can't tell me that and expect yuri to stop? ]

I live for surprises.

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[hhhhh

they shift, and just put their legs and feet in his lap.]

Hmmmm. [snuggly.]

[aubins]

[ oh, well. here they are now. snuggly. ]

...

[ he didn't think answers would be that easy, but still. he knows when to step back and try again another day.



after a moment, he tweaks the back of wrath's cloak. ]

Another question. Why the cloaks?

[probe]

[they're a wily one, that wrath.]

A lot of reasons. [they hum.] For me, personally, I don't want any of you to see me.

[aubins]

[ ... that simple, huh? ]

Why?

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Have you seen my feet?

[they wiggle said feet. they are on fire.]

[aubins]

[ yes he knows your feets are on fire, wrath. ]

And?

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So the rest of me is bad too.

[aubins]

If I was going to be bothered by it, I would've wandered off at the fire feet.

[ just saying. ]