Audience: Sheila Hammond

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[there's...something almost like a tinge of sympathy from them that doesn't entirely match up, though they pause to consider this.]

Let me ask you something else then. If it had been another murderer, or even perhaps if it had been Enomoto himself who was in Childe's position and he saved himself. Would you feel the same way?

[biased or not, even if she's admitted it they're going to challenge that point of view.]

[toesies]

[Wow. Hope that twinge of sympathy is for Lust who has to deal with the fallout, but it would be funny if it was for Childe.

Sheila just hums, going along with it.]

Depends on a lot of factors. In this hypothetical scenario, die Mineo kill a woman who was already paralyzed with a fucking toaster? Was he completely unrepentant of what he did? And if he did, was he also turned on by the ultra violence?

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[it's absolutely for childe, you caught them.]

Let's remove the latter two and focus on the former. How is a paralyzed woman any different than a man who has been rendered useless and defenseless in a fight?

[just remember that greed is a prosecutor and will always go down the rabbit hole of hypotheticals.]

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[immediately:]

The paralyzed woman didn't wave her metaphorical murder dick at me and my friends.

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You're missing my point. But I suppose it hardly matters now. I gave you that ability knowing this would happen. I was only curious.

[he could argue, but there's a few sparks of exhaustion there. this trial aged them regardless.]

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[She shrugs?]

Hey, being objective does not come easily to the undead. [She can't not be biased.] But we don't have to talk about this. We can talk about anything else. Literally any other subject.

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Fair enough. [like. really. that is absolutely a whole other can of worms there. they stir their soup a bit.]

...what would you like to talk about then? I'm still not any better at small talk than I was weeks ago.

[...it's sort of a joke but also sort of true.]

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[Sometimes... it just be like that. They will get the sense that she feels a little bad now, but not enough to be apologetic.

Anyway—]

Let's go back to the original original topic: Sloth's meth.

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[a groan.]

A terrible idea. I'm unsure of how much was ingested but the withdrawals were not exactly the best to witness.

[sloth your tweaking...]

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Oh, my god.

[SLOTH, YOUR TWEAKING... She is absolutely clutching her pearls over here.]

The pot I'm okay with. The opium— debatable. But where the fuck did the meth come from? Don't tell me there are more drugs on the next floor.

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I should hope not. [they. think about this. no, probably no meth.] Rest assure it isn't available to anyone else. I think the opium is more than enough.

[it's obvious they think that's already too much.]

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[She sighs in relief, slumping back a little.]

Thank god. Did no one ever teach them the dangers of hard drugs? Someone should sit them down to watch 80s ad campaigns. Now, those were brutal.

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I think you'd have to teach them what an ad campaign is first. [haha.] I believe every now and then even we're susceptible to a bit of peer pressure.

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Oh my god, there was peer pressure involved too?!

[greed this is like every suburban mother's nightmare]

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[they wouldn't know, they've never had a mom.]

Have you ever spoken to Sloth for any length of time? I feel using the word "pressure" is a very loose definition. A minor suggestion, and they're likely to do whatever they feel like doing.

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Apparently not enough. [Once or twice... She truly dropped the ball there.] God, so many people are willing to fuck themselves up for clout.

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...Mrs. Hammond I hate to tell you this but I believe several of you are already a bit "fucked up" to begin with.

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More fucked up than normal. With hard drugs!

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It will wear off, won't it? [greed has no idea how drugs work.]

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As long as they're not totally hooked...? I think?

[greed you are a lawyer go work in drug court]

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This was only the first time that I'm aware of...if we intervene early, it should be alright.

[no, never.]

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Worst case scenario... we study up on our disturbing PSAs.

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As if I don't have enough to be doing. I may leave that in your capable hands.

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Whoa. That one wasn't backhanded.

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I told you, the people that earn my compliments know when they're given.