[the anger does sort of put her on edge for a moment, but she's come to be able to tell the difference between loud and passionate and anger directed at her, so she doesn't react too badly.]
People are stupid, and they sacrifice children all the time. And he wasn't a baby. He was old enough to have tried a little harder not to make waves, but chose not to.
[she just says this matter-of-factly. but she did adore that stupid kid.]
I did find him rather sweet, and there was something admirable in his refusal to change despite his awareness of the target it put on his back.
And I think someone really ought to be punished for it.
[she kind of hates this. what laudna's saying isn't untrue. it just - there are too many kids here who have told her this exact same thing. teenagers who have had to be violent, teenagers who looked her in the eye and said i wish it wasn't like this.
karlach rubs at her face. it's not laudna's fault. don't yell at her.]
Don't know if it - if it was the ritual sacrifice bullshit, or the objects, or - two of them were partners that found each other.
[that's fair. she's generally fairly bitter and pessimistic, so she doesn't spend much time worrying about how things ought to be.]
I think it unlikely they were partners. Pickles wasn't looking, supposedly. And I don't know that Karma and Ichiban would have confessed to one another.
They don't have to. We may have to find the possessed one, but that doesn't mean we need to look away from and excuse a person who chose to kill one of our number for the sake of earning themselves a little reward.
It depends. Perhaps. There are a lot of possibilities, a lot of potentials, and I'm not unreasonable.
[she's not planning to midtrial or anything and there's a lot of circumstances that would be mitigating.]
But we ought to find out, because I do not think letting someone who would kill any of these people in cold blood - and, also, potentially risking any life for their partner - walk away is a grand idea.
Yeah. No, I agree with you, I think you're right. Chances are they won't do it again, since they've got what they wanted, but it's good to know who would.
[she rubs at her chest absently, eyes slightly squinted.]
It really is the risk of killing two people at once. Even if you pick someone that's acceptable to you, their partner could be your best friend here.
Yes. Or someone like Kate, a dear little girl. Though I doubt many have solidified partnerships as of yet, it is a roll of the dice. I don't care for that.
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People are fucking stupid, then - kill a kid for some shitty leeches? He's a baby, you can't just sacrifice him for that.
[she knows laudna isn't like, advocating for child and dog murder, she just doesn't know how else to get this out.]
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People are stupid, and they sacrifice children all the time. And he wasn't a baby. He was old enough to have tried a little harder not to make waves, but chose not to.
[she just says this matter-of-factly. but she did adore that stupid kid.]
I did find him rather sweet, and there was something admirable in his refusal to change despite his awareness of the target it put on his back.
And I think someone really ought to be punished for it.
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karlach rubs at her face. it's not laudna's fault. don't yell at her.]
Don't know if it - if it was the ritual sacrifice bullshit, or the objects, or - two of them were partners that found each other.
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I think it unlikely they were partners. Pickles wasn't looking, supposedly. And I don't know that Karma and Ichiban would have confessed to one another.
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Don't think Ichiban was either.
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[he did kind of hate that dog.]
But they released these rewards just this week; I think it's most likely the increase in dead was caused by that.
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So the others might just get away.
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And then what. Vengeance? Or.
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[she's not planning to midtrial or anything and there's a lot of circumstances that would be mitigating.]
But we ought to find out, because I do not think letting someone who would kill any of these people in cold blood - and, also, potentially risking any life for their partner - walk away is a grand idea.
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[she rubs at her chest absently, eyes slightly squinted.]
It really is the risk of killing two people at once. Even if you pick someone that's acceptable to you, their partner could be your best friend here.
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[her tail flicks in agitation at the idea of kate being dead.]
I don't fucking care for that at all.