can't really hide his surprise at that, startled even as he lets his own arm gingerly wrap around her waist - she'll notice that there are new bandages around it]
[ she nods. reaches to tuck his hair behind his ear with her not bleeding hand. ]
Tell me what stuff was you, then. That was we can start to put together information. [ a beat. ] We found blonde and purple hair in the kitchen. Wish I'd known beforehand. I would've dumped it.
.... kitchen? I didn't go into the kitchen. But if there was a purple hair...
[ . . . . ]
She had a doll with her, could that have been... [ . . . ] There is no way to confirm that I wouldn't have left anything behind but - if we could ensure that they mistake all blonde hair for the doll's...
[don't just
immediately give him information to help him cover up his murder i'm dying]
My knife is with me. I made it look like there was a fight in the Emporium. Everyone in the plaza looks like they suffered spiral wounds. Her weapons may be in the river. I took her scalpel and returned it to the odd room.
There should only be one stab in her back... I would like to make it seem as though she was suddenly attacked rather than engaged in a fight - so as to remove all suspicion from the plaza group.
Mm. She used them to slice my leg - though I recreated similar marks on my arm, and on the others. [so that he can blend in. so sorry plaza folks but at least it wasn't life threatening]
... I've kept it in my sash in the past trial. [and it's why it stood in front of yona in case he needed to protect her but]
... I suppose I could give it to someone else to hold onto.
[ she says, immediately. ] I'm going to help. I wasn't talking about this, I'm talking about how half the people I know came stumbling out of torture chambers this week and I am very, very not set up for this amount of caring? It is unfathomable.
Oh, sure. Just a daily occurrence, almost getting murdered. [ she's ignoring the heart comment. she is the grinch. don't @ her. ] What is that supposed to mean.
... and merchants with noble blood are more likely to be in contact with other nobles, to make it easier to spread information amidst the powerful, in order to remove incompetent kings from power.
[so
maybe he's a little used to being in some hot water]
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You did. We're not staying here. [ she says, resting a hand on top of his. ] Come on. My room. Let's go.
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and once they're in her room, she closes the door, and turns to soo-won, expression tense. ]
What happened?
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Sharon came after my life.
[and his expression looks so, so sincerely sad. it seems so much more pained than even when they spoke yesterday about his own deaths.]
... they took something precious to her - and she... must've imagined that I would understand.
And I did. I do. But I have my own reasons for why I cannot die.
[ . . . ]
We agreed to duel.
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he
can't really hide his surprise at that, startled even as he lets his own arm gingerly wrap around her waist - she'll notice that there are new bandages around it]
... Lup....
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and then she pulls back and looks him in the eye. ]
I'm glad you won. [ she says, firmly. ] What are we going to do to stop you from getting voted for, then?
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he wishes that he could have stopped it from happening at all.]
... tell Blanca and Hansa - and you.
We must focus on determining who went after Cater. Not to the point of obviously neglecting Sharon but -
Priorities must have be determined and actions put into plan effectively.
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Tell me what stuff was you, then. That was we can start to put together information. [ a beat. ] We found blonde and purple hair in the kitchen. Wish I'd known beforehand. I would've dumped it.
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.... kitchen? I didn't go into the kitchen. But if there was a purple hair...
[ . . . . ]
She had a doll with her, could that have been... [ . . . ] There is no way to confirm that I wouldn't have left anything behind but - if we could ensure that they mistake all blonde hair for the doll's...
[don't just
immediately give him information to help him cover up his murder i'm dying]
My knife is with me. I made it look like there was a fight in the Emporium. Everyone in the plaza looks like they suffered spiral wounds. Her weapons may be in the river. I took her scalpel and returned it to the odd room.
There should only be one stab in her back... I would like to make it seem as though she was suddenly attacked rather than engaged in a fight - so as to remove all suspicion from the plaza group.
[the little bitch]
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Were her weapon weights with a wire wrapped around them? Because that's what I found in the river. [ her hair is still wet from it. ]
Doll. Okay, got that. Are you just, uh, going to keep the knife on you? Seems like a bad idea.
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... I've kept it in my sash in the past trial. [and it's why it stood in front of yona in case he needed to protect her but]
... I suppose I could give it to someone else to hold onto.
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Do you want me to hold onto it?
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[he says this rather instantly]
.... your hair is blonde as well, and Sharon brought some tea out to meet me. There's no guarantee suspicion won't fall on you.
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[ but. ] You can't have that knife on you. They're going to find a stab wound and immediately put the pieces together.
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... it's been obscured a bit. With a scalpel. So it's not exactly clean.
[soo-won might've
done a lot to ensure he wouldn't be caught]
... I'll see if I can give it to Hansa or Blanca - but if they won't take it, you can say you took it from me yesterday.
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God. All of you - all of you! Has this week lasted for eight years? I'm going to be just littered with ulcers.
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If you don't want to lie, you needn't help me.
[and his expression looks worried, concerned. even after the hug that she gave him earlier - ]
I don't want knowing me to be a burden on you, Lup.
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[ she says, immediately. ] I'm going to help. I wasn't talking about this, I'm talking about how half the people I know came stumbling out of torture chambers this week and I am very, very not set up for this amount of caring? It is unfathomable.
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Your heart is bigger than you gave yourself credit for, it seems.
[gently amused, and soft]
I'm sorry. Normally I'm better equipped to handle attempts on my life.
[please stop saying concerning shit]
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Oh, sure. Just a daily occurrence, almost getting murdered. [ she's ignoring the heart comment. she is the grinch. don't @ her. ] What is that supposed to mean.
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I do have noble blood in my veins, after all. It is not surprising, when politics demands that there be attempts on my life now and again.
[a beat]
And 'revolution' is one of my skills, apparently.
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Didn't you say you were a merchant?
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[but
he'll go to sit beside her]
... and merchants with noble blood are more likely to be in contact with other nobles, to make it easier to spread information amidst the powerful, in order to remove incompetent kings from power.
[so
maybe he's a little used to being in some hot water]
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[ she says this so casually. then, a little gentler: ] No wonder you're so freaked out about dying.
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