Rufus Catch-All

[misstrust]

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[misstrust]

Myself as well. It seems to be computer-related, and those really aren't a product of my time yet.

[ She says it a little dryly, because that just makes her sound old. ]

[soulus]

There are books on the subject here . . . but they're rather long.

[misstrust]

Have you read them?

[ Dorothy is not afraid of books, but they only have a few days left as is. ]

[soulus]

Yes. That's how I was able to dismantle the computer in the security office.

[misstrust]

That was you? Was it too much of a threat?

[soulus]

There was nothing threatening about it. I was merely experimenting.

[misstrust]

Experimenting? On what would happen, if anything?

[soulus]

. . . Nothing happened. The computer became nonfunctional after that.

[misstrust]

Yes, as I suppose it would if you broke it.

[soulus]

I put the important pieces back together.

[misstrust]

It was at a time where you likely didn't need to know much more about the participants for trial purposes anyway.

[ Since. Well. He'd already known that the culprits were going to be vastly narrowed down anyway, but that also just makes her frown to remember. ]

[soulus]

. . . It's no longer relevant.

[And they're not going there.]

[misstrust]

... Mm, so it isn't.

[ No they are not. ]

[soulus]

Did you learn anything else while you were on that side?

[misstrust]

Mm. We had a discussion about the roles-- apparently a lot of them hadn't even known something like that was part of the competition and I learned who killed whom.

And I learned you're quite popular with the ladies there.

[soulus]

What do you mean?

[misstrust]

Hikaru was praising your respectful way of letting her do what she needed to do before you killed her. Yoshizawa also had only nice things to say, and Yona thought that you were much nicer than you acted.

... Which I didn't think is entirely accurate, phrased like that, but still.

[soulus]

. . . I was only honoring their requests. The agreement was that they would honor mine in return.

[misstrust]

I don't think you're willing to admit to anything else, so that's fine.

[soulus]

There is nothing to admit to.

[misstrust]

[ To that, she only shrugs. ]

[soulus]

[He descends into silence. There's no action he's taken here of which he is proud. He won't claim to be a better or even just a nicer person than he knows himself to be.]

[misstrust]

You take responsibility. I think that means more than you'd expect.

[ As she leans back on her hands. ]

[soulus]

I prefer not to involve myself with irresponsible company.

[misstrust]

Yes, you and me both. It's more of a pain otherwise.