Audience: Sheila Hammond

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Comments

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[She no longer startles as she once did, but she does whip around to blink at him.]

Hi! F-Y-I, I still want to learn how to do that.

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... You really don't.

[he sounds exasperated.]

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I don't know... It seems like a useful skill to have.

[Think of all the ways she could sneak up on dinner. Amazing.]

But I'll take your word for it. For now. What's up?

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You wanted to know my theories.

[he says after a pause. like he's not sure if she... still wants that?]

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Oh! I did. If you can talk about them? I don't know what does and doesn't apply to your NDAs.

[she does, as long as it is not Dangerous to him. your ndas...]

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Mm. [he folds his arms.] The longer we're here, the more we change.

[that's not a theory, pride] It's faster for those of us that indulge more, I think. Not by a lot. But noticeable.

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... Personally indulging, right? Not the people aligned with you indulging?

[why is this place punishing the npcs for being thots]

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Personally, I'd imagine.

[... flatly:] Some of us tend to warm a lot of beds. Among other things.

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I know. I remember how the fuck alarms came up.

[she will not name envy, but she is thinking envy.]

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[STARES INTO THE MIDDLE DISTANCE]

I don't want to think about the fuck alarm. [sheila please look at the prides left, his life is suffering]

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[THERE, THERE...]

So let's not! Any other theories? Ones that don't involve fucking.

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Theories on what? The changes, or... [he doesn't mind talking, he just doesn't know exactly what to talk about.]

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The changes. You implied you had more than one theory... Though, if you have any opinions on the bullshit we saw today, I'll also take it.

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[shrug.] The other is that we're being drained, but that seems significantly less likely.

[anyway] About Childe not dying? [he gives her a look.] You won't like my answer.

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Supposedly, we're all capri suns for this place. So... maybe not?

[Why aren't the rest of them literally horny, then...? Anyway, she sighs.]

I haven't liked a lot of the answers I've heard today. Why not one more?

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We're not supposed to be. [he says, annoyed. and then:] Childe is doing what he thinks is necessary. I'm not about to fault him for it.

[also not a theory, but pride has terrible taste in dudes]

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[pride has terrible taste in dudes. sheila just stares.]

Well, I can fault for him being an asshole. Seriously, a toaster?

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Well. The plan could've been less stupid. [:\]

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You think?

[Stupid is not what she would call it.]

Come on, Childe. She was already paralyzed! There were at least six points in that plan where he could have slit her throat.

[Have! Ethical! Murder! Standards!]

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It's what I would have done, yes.

[pride is a fan of simple murder.]

I imagine he was trying to not get caught.

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And yet, with poetic irony, overcomplicating it is what got him caught.

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[... in a slightly judgmental tone:] Are all of you really going to just break his legs and hold him prisoner somewhere?

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... For the record, I did not agree to break his legs. That's just inhumane.

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[he folds his arms.]

You should just kill him. Not that I have any say about what the group of you do. Unfortunately.

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... We've been talking about it. [This is now after group chat, ig.] I want to make sure Lust is covered first. But if someone did it, would they have to wait until Thursday?