[ it's fine, a bunch of fucking marbles fall out of her pockets. ]
Give me it! [ this is the pettiest of fighting, she's not even trying to hurt him, just like trying to pin him and wrench the trumpet out of his hands. ] Don't fuckin' hiss at me, you brat!
[Not even trying to fight either, so they're just rolling around, struggling over a trumpet. The brat comment gets him even more riled though, enough that he . . . spits fire? It's just a tiny bit of pink flame. But. It did just happen.]
[ excuse. the pink flame is kind of cute? it'd be more cute, it's just when she sees it, she sort of immediately scoots back and lets him have the trumpet. hm.
she blinks, and her eyes go from blue to orange. ]
I believe mine is the same. [Apart from, like. Very tiny fires for comedic purposes and lighting candles.] I will not tell anyone. After speaking with Blue, I understand we should be saving these things. I think we will have a fight ahead of us.
[ . . . Then handing back the trumpet.]
It's good that you voted for me. It was what you needed to do.
Nah - me too. We'll see them again, I promised him. And Peach says we're getting close, too. [ a beat. ] Thanks for bringing the hat back to me, by the way.
[ that takes a second more for just staring down at her lap, and then she glances up at him. ]
You didn't do it on purpose. [ there's a lot in her expression - a little bitterness, a lot of sadness, but mostly understanding. ] And you lost him too.
[For all the people he's made the same apology to, no one's really mentioned that part of it. He blinks for a moment, a little taken aback, before he's back to neutral.]
Is it wrong, that I wish someone would be angry with me?
[It's a relief to hear someone put it into words at last. He doubts it's an uncommon feeling. He is tired of being spared it, though he isn't sure what he's gained by knowing for certain. At least a sense that he understands the way the world works. You do not take a life, no matter the reason, without consequences.]
. . . My predecessors, the former leaders of Mad Burnish, killed without reason. Indiscriminately. Burning buildings, towns, cities to ash without questioning why. I wanted to be different. Each life needed to matter.
That's why I like you, Boss. You know what you believe. And I believe you wouldn't have done it if it weren't for this fucking house taking over. I know it matters to you. I saw it.
[ a beat. ] It kind of feels - better to just let myself be angry. Let it hurt. We can both feel that way.
[Just nodding. He understands that. It's the same impulse that makes him want to feel all the guilt in the world, let it burn him alive. When she says "you and Galo are okay," well. Maybe Galo's okay?]
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[WOW! Trying to just. Leave.]
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HISSING AT HER, scrabbling to try and get out of her grasp, stubbornly holding onto that! trumpet!]
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Give me it! [ this is the pettiest of fighting, she's not even trying to hurt him, just like trying to pin him and wrench the trumpet out of his hands. ] Don't fuckin' hiss at me, you brat!
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she blinks, and her eyes go from blue to orange. ]
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[Oops?]
. . . I voted correctly. I received a reward.
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... Did you get some of your fire back?
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Some. And it still is not speaking to me.
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Maybe it's trying and it can't yet. [ a pause. ] I voted correctly too.
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[Nodding.]
For me, I assume. [He doesn't mind! He's pretty glad he got caught? Even Galo voted for him.] Did you receive anything useful?
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[ sniff. ] I got some of my ki back. I get the impression it's one time use, but - it should come in handy. Don't let anybody know about it, okay?
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[ . . . Then handing back the trumpet.]
It's good that you voted for me. It was what you needed to do.
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Yeah. [ it looks like she wants to say something else - but she stops herself. lio doesn't need to hear it. ] I think we've got a fight coming too.
I'll be right next to you, too. I voted for you because I had to, but that doesn't change anything. We're gonna keep going, right? Side by side.
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[Shooting a bit of a glance at the beanie too.]
I also believe we will see the dead again. [ . . . ] That is not meant to absolve me. Only that hope is not lost.
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Nah - me too. We'll see them again, I promised him. And Peach says we're getting close, too. [ a beat. ] Thanks for bringing the hat back to me, by the way.
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I'm sorry. That I took him from you.
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You didn't do it on purpose. [ there's a lot in her expression - a little bitterness, a lot of sadness, but mostly understanding. ] And you lost him too.
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Is it wrong, that I wish someone would be angry with me?
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[ honestly. ] I'm a little angry at you. I'm a little angry that you and Galo are okay and I just - have an empty room.
But that's not fucking fair of me, and I know it.
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[It's a relief to hear someone put it into words at last. He doubts it's an uncommon feeling. He is tired of being spared it, though he isn't sure what he's gained by knowing for certain. At least a sense that he understands the way the world works. You do not take a life, no matter the reason, without consequences.]
. . . My predecessors, the former leaders of Mad Burnish, killed without reason. Indiscriminately. Burning buildings, towns, cities to ash without questioning why. I wanted to be different. Each life needed to matter.
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That's why I like you, Boss. You know what you believe. And I believe you wouldn't have done it if it weren't for this fucking house taking over. I know it matters to you. I saw it.
[ a beat. ] It kind of feels - better to just let myself be angry. Let it hurt. We can both feel that way.
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. . . Are you angry with Hunter?
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Why?
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