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[deuceoftears]

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[abrightboy]

[He and Edwin buried the hatchet a while ago. Edwin's come to him for advice since then, as a matter of fact. He's had time to think about the whole Hilbert thing and it's had time to die down. He's had time to be a snake and he's had time to get invited to a party, personally and for real. He's had time to get invited to the kitchen and kicked out in the same half hour. He's had time to get invited to learn how to drive and to agonize over whether to take the chance on that being genuine. Abel seems like a genuine guy.

Trevor seems like a genuine guy.

He's been hesitant to contact Jedao. Last time they talked properly, Jedao had suggested he would still be mad, even if Malcolm made things right with Edwin. At least... that was what he understood to be the terms. So it surprised him when Jedao defended his actions when Hilbert went murder-zombie. Was he not still mad, then? Is he just as good at compartmentalizing as he claims? Malcolm doesn't know, but he's wanted to talk to Jedao for a while. He plucks up the courage to make a call.]

Hi. Um. How are you? How was the breach for you?

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[deuceoftears]

[It's been a busy month for Jedao, too, mostly spent trying to help Edwin and John make up. Now -]

Mixed, but I'm hoping I can wrangle a friend out of it. And even the painful parts were...easy to understand, easy to leave in that life.

What about you?

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[abrightboy]

The breach was great. …Which isn’t what anyone wants to hear about a breach. But. I found it a lot easier to adjust from because I wasn’t… my normal anatomy except not broken. It was an easier adjustment for Will, too, because he was a wolf there and can be one here. …Mixed apart from the breach, though.

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[deuceoftears]

I'd like hearing about it. I love breaches, most of the time.

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[abrightboy]

You do? ...Do people give you crap about it when you say that?

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[deuceoftears]

I don't say it to those people.

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[abrightboy]

How do you know which people those are?

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[deuceoftears]

I listen a lot before I talk. I ask a lot of...neutrally framed questions.

If breaches make them feel violated, I can empathize with that. They probably don't want to hear about how grateful I am, and that's okay.

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[abrightboy]

Is that the thing you talked about before, where you... compartmentalize stuff?

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[deuceoftears]

It's....related, I suppose. It's mostly just...not taking things personally.

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[abrightboy]

So that's how you could defend how I handled the murder in the library, even though you're mad at me?

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[deuceoftears]

I defended you because you were in the right. I would have done the same if you were a stranger.

[He blows out a long slow breath.]

I'm not still mad.

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[abrightboy]

When did you stop?

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[deuceoftears]

[He lifts a hand, wavers it side to side.]

It tapered off. Edwin was alright. The situation mostly resolved.

And then a lot of other very intense personal shit happened and I didn't have emotional space to keep being angry about it, unless I wanted to shift it into long-term grudge storage, and that seemed - disproportionate and unhelpful. So it got jettisoned somewhere in there.

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[abrightboy]

Edwin and I talked about what happened. We came to an explicit understanding so it won't happen again. We're friends. If that... makes it feel.... more fully resolved.

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[deuceoftears]

I'm glad to hear it.

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[abrightboy]

Sorry if my whole… murder investigation thing caused an issue between you and Eiffel.

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[deuceoftears]

[Jedao shakes his head.]

Don't be. We're fine, but even if we weren't...it was my choice to confront him.

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[abrightboy]

Did… did you confront him directly?

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[deuceoftears]

...do you think what I said publicly was indirect?

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[abrightboy]

Oh! Oh, right. Well, I’m sure he got the message, even if he didn’t respond.

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[deuceoftears]

We did also speak privately, but that's - you know. Private.

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[abrightboy]

Yeah. Of course. I mean. Obviously.

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[deuceoftears]

I suspect he stopped responding because he realized he was out of line.

Tell me about your breach, Malcolm.

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[abrightboy]

If that's true, he'll probably never say so to me.

My breach? I was an adder that traveled with wolves and fought pirates. Will was a wolf and we were good friends. Outsiders that found common ground together. So... that part was a little on the nose, but in a good way.