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[hostage]

UNIT№409



_“ Hey, it's me. Wait for the thing. _”

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[hostage]

Hey, I didn't actually do what they said I did, remember?

[payback]

What are you even telling me here? I'm confused and this is just really stupid.

[hostage]

I ain't telling you anything. You're just yelling at me. Ugh, whatever... I'm too tired for this shit.

[He's going over to the couch now to... slump over it... Everything is worn out. He needs meth-fuel.]

[payback]

Yeah! You aren't telling me anything! Ugh, why am I even here... [She glares in his general direction and considers going over and giving him a kick for attempted catharsis, or something.]

[hostage]

[He's faceplanted in a cushion, so this is muffled:]

Why are you here? Just because of the tattoo? Edgeworth's fine, okay. I didn't do anything to him even though he fucked all my shit up...

[He says a few more things but it's all unintelligible.]

[payback]

If you want me to stop yelling at you why don't you try telling me what I want to know.

[hostage]

What? What do you want?

[payback]

[A blank pause.]

I want to know exactly what you did and everything it entails and if you're planning on keeping it up here and if not why were you worried about Edgeworth or are you.

[To start.]

[hostage]

[Now he picks his head up and looks back over at Rin.]

What, seriously?

[payback]

Yeah! I'm always serious!

[hostage]

Now? You want me to give you my whole comic book villain speech right now?

[payback]

Why not?

[hostage]

I'm sick! Did you like not notice?

[payback]

Oh, sore throat?

[hostage]

Withdrawal. That asshole wouldn't take anything.

[payback]

Why can't you just take some now?

[hostage]

[He puts his head down again and mumbles something.]

[payback]

[She comes over and with few qualms gives him a hard jab in the ribs.]

Speak up.

[hostage]

I said I'm trying to stay clean.

[payback]

Oh.

Well, that's good.

[hostage]

[It won't work. He knows that. That's half the reason he goes back to hiding his face.]

[payback]

Hey, wait a second... didn't you tell me you could cut it off whenever you wanted?

[hostage]

Yeah, I can.

[payback]

Mmm. [Suspicious, but she at least relents this much. Though she kind of has nothing to say. The silence weighs for a second and then weighs less. She's okay with letting it drag a little.]

[hostage]

What?

[Say what you mean, Rin!!!]