Doesn't fucking matter! He was a baby! You look at that and you go that kid is acting out for attention, you don't fucking slaughter him and shove him in a barrel!
[this is not gale's fault, and yet she's yelling anyway.]
I found him. I found him fucking dead, after -- earlier, this week, right, I told him I was proud of him for trying, and he looked at me like nobody had ever said that to him before.
[ he goes quiet, in response to the yelling, because his reaction is hardly ever to match energies. just curling his hands behind his back and letting it wash over him for a moment. ]
I apologized to him. After the incident at last week's trial. He seemed confounded an adult would deign to do so.
[ so. yeah. fucked up. ]
I expect Karma's death was the result of possession.
Don't look at me like that. I certainly didn't kill anyone, least of all a dog, I'm merely saying I can understand the logic of perhaps choosing an animal over humanoid life.
[ though if anyone said this about tara he'd be incensed beyond all reason. but she's not an animal she is a full human person and much smarter than pickles. ]
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[ yeah. ]
The dog?
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[ he grimaces. ]
You'll forgive the canine parallels.
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[this is not gale's fault, and yet she's yelling anyway.]
I found him. I found him fucking dead, after -- earlier, this week, right, I told him I was proud of him for trying, and he looked at me like nobody had ever said that to him before.
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I apologized to him. After the incident at last week's trial. He seemed confounded an adult would deign to do so.
[ so. yeah. fucked up. ]
I expect Karma's death was the result of possession.
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she shouldn't yell, but it's this or she destroys something. deep breath. calm down, karlach.]
... Why d'you think that.
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[ either that, or the other option which is that maybe another teen did it. ]
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Wouldn't be anybody's first choice to murder a dog either.
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he will reach over to pat her on the shoulder, flames or not. ]
Oh. I--
[ hm. should he go down this garden path? ]
I don't know about that one.
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at him]
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Ugh. Ugh. [like, yeah, okay, but also she hates!! this!! this is against everything she stands for, murdergames was bad for karlachs!!!]
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... Sorry.
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It isn't your fault, don't apologize. [a beat, and she brings her hand to her chest, grimacing.] It's going to be a fucking mess tomorrow.
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And then decide who we should prioritize ... likely the victim of the possessed, if we can calculate who that might be.
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Which is fucked. Because they deserve it the least.