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[nonvenomous]

Book/crystal/correspondence/action/whatever you desire.

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[nonvenomous]

[ His reply is some time in coming. ]

Why would anyone want to kill me?

[sulahnan]

'Cos people don't always know not to throw blame around after this kind of dream bullshit.

[ If he wants to pretend he didn't murder someone they both care about twice and give up their mutual friends to be assassinated, that's fine. Because he didn't do those things. ]

[nonvenomous]

The head of Diplomacy has certainly taken an interesting approach.

[sulahnan]

Yeah, well...

[ He can probably hear the face she's making. ]

That's Byerly for ya. Can't say I would expect Yseult to say anything about it. Or Flint, unless fights broke out.

[nonvenomous]

It’s messy.

[ He is judgmental, for a dream murderer. ]

Jone made a public appeal for vengeful spirits and only had one taker.

I’m not fearful for my safety, but I appreciate your concern.

[sulahnan]

Mm.

[ No problem, dream murderer. ]

It really shouldn't be that messy, if I've actually got my head 'round it right.

[ But wait — ]

Who went after Jone?

[nonvenomous]

It didn't need to be. I don't approve of him baiting Matthias.

[ As for the arrangement with Jone: ]

Sabine. It was an amicable exchange.

[sulahnan]

[ Big Sister Mode, Activate! ]

He what?? Sonuva— [ That's something she would wanna do something about, and not only because it robs her of the opportune moment to joke about wagering on who'd punch Jone first. ]

I wasn't listening in at that point. What was he thinking?

[nonvenomous]

I'm loathe to speculate.

[sulahnan]

Ridiculous. It's not like anybody actually did anything.

[nonvenomous]

I certainly showed my true colors.

[sulahnan]

Oh yeah, you definitely seem like you're about to run out and murder Loxley at any second. And I'm just dying to have a little elf baby with Vanadi.

[ Deadpan. Don't be ridiculous. ]

Whatever spirit made the dream just wanted to make a point and didn't care how it hurt us in the process, that's all.

[nonvenomous]

You had a child with Vanadi?

[sulahnan]

It was a dream, so no, I did not.

[nonvenomous]

[nonvenomous]

A random stroke of violence against Loxley is a mischaracterization of what occurred.

[sulahnan]

Fine, a premeditated sacrifice of someone we care about for the sake of becoming a double-agent, then. You still didn't actually do that.

[nonvenomous]

[ He would. Another beat of silence, and: ]

Who told you that was what happened?

[sulahnan]

[ Byerly did, sort of. ]

Are you saying that's not what happened?

[nonvenomous]

No.

[sulahnan]

Then why bother splitting hairs? A spirit wanted to make a point and crafted a very specific story for how to do it, and just dropped us in to fill roles regardless of whether we'd actually do any of that shit. IT doesn't mean anything.

[nonvenomous]

[ After a substantial delay: ]

You're right. My judgment is clouded.

[sulahnan]

[ Was that delay significant? It's hard to tell without seeing his face. It'd be hard to tell even then. ]

Everyone's is. I reckon it'll get better as the dream fades from memory, though.