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I cannot imagine you would have willingly gone back to sleep, no.

. . . You never said anything. Because you feared suspicion falling on yourself?

There's nothing believable about "I just happened to be awake for no reason". [ she'll admit to that. ] And... I wasn't sure she did kill Eleanor. Why skip me but go for someone else?

That's why I didn't bother to expose her right away, either. Even if the curse had worked, it wouldn't exactly clear her of guilt, but. . . a killer who manages to get away with it is a bigger threat.

... I did want to know who killed Eleanor. We weren't close [ at all ] but no one deserves to die like that.

[ locked in a freezer while your fire dog is outside because choices were made ]

No. She didn't deserve that.

[Her jaw is set a little hard.]

I didn't understand anything she said, but I think she tried to be. . . friendly?

In a weird, midlife crisis kind of way, yeah. [ eleanor wasn't that old. ]

[She was old.]

Many of her rankings were credible.

[It's fine.]

I still don't really understand how it happened.

Me either. The whole thing was so ........

[ .... ]

Messy?

Yes. And has not changed my conviction that there is more to what's going on. But I don't want to trouble any of the Avatars with questions I will have to clarify later, if my premise was mistaken.

[So none PCs for me.]

... Like why the congratulations message glitched out?

Yes. Like that. And. . . she really did insist beyond all reason she'd gone back to sleep. I told her it wasn't credible to say she'd been burned by coincidence, but she never tried to explain it.

I'm not willing to talk to her or ask on her behalf, but... I'd rather know the truth, I guess.

I'm going to talk to her, but I can't imagine I'll get far. She isn't easy to speak to on a good day.

I barely ever talked to her.

[ and look where that got her!!!! ]

[Yeah, not good.]

I couldn't tell you why she targeted you. I don't feel that I knew her well, either, even though we did talk, and spent time with one another. There were things about her life she wouldn't tell me.

I don't even know if I want to know. [ or cares enough to endure kindness week to ever ask. ] There's no reason that'd justify someone trying to kill me.

I certainly wouldn't expect that, no. I don't consider her somehow more innocent just because she wasn't able to carry it out, either.

She didn't even stop herself, it was a curse.

[ magic is a cop out ]

Yes. She is a murderer.

[No arguments here!]

That I feel a little sorry for her doesn't change that.

... Why did she even tell you? I don't get it.

She didn't tell me. We just had a fight, and I thought she might do something desperate, so I cursed her. It turned out my instincts were right.

[ a beat. she will confirm that one later then ]

... Well, like I said. I'm glad that it worked.

[ for obvious reasons ]

. . . I am as well. I don't really know whether I actually caused there to be one less death, or just. Redirected it, somehow.

But. I'm so very glad it wasn't you.

[ there's an obvious "me too" answer there, considering-- grace very much enjoys living! so she smiles at harrow, a little fond and a little awkward ]

Yeah. So. To reiterate from earlier... thank you.

I. . . am terrible at accepting thanks. [Every time someone says anything like this to her she runs away hard into self-criticism instead. But she'll smile a little, too.] But from you, at least, I suppose I will.

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