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[gunmettle]

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[gunmettle]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[davincible]

I'd be happy to reenact it, if you don't remember. Maybe closer this time?

[gunmettle]

I'm good, thanks.

[ Sure, he seems composed over text, but he did just nearly drop his phone. ]

[davincible]

No need to be shy! I'm on my way.

[gunmettle]

You don't even know where I am!

[ OR DOES SHE? ]

[davincible]

Either you're in Phoenix, recovering from your hushed argument from Sholmes, who I found sulking on the beach with ice cream, or you're somewhere else and you're not easy to miss.

[gunmettle]

[ Oh. Now he gets it. ]

You saw that, huh?

Yeah, I'm in the dorm.

[davincible]

I couldn't exactly interfere in anything and I didn't want to leave Emmet, so all I could do was pay attention.

I'll be right there.

[gunmettle]

[ He doesn't respond.

She'll find him in Phoenix dorm, like he said, plopped on one of the couches with a very full ashtray on the table in front of him. ]

[davincible]

[ Well! Ideally someone else lets her in, then! She just steps in, looks at him, and slowly shakes her head. ]

That good, huh Big Guy?

[gunmettle]

[ Yor probably would. Or Stoat, if it's still guarding the door. ]

Been a rough couple days, that's all.

[davincible]

[ She just plops down beside him. ]

That seems to be the consensus for many people. So what frustrated you about today?

[gunmettle]

[ His head tilts vaguely in her direction, like he's looking at her askance. He's quiet a moment, then: ]

The meetin' with Yatagarasu went about as well as any of us coulda hoped for. Still... it wasn't an easy choice they gave us, and I hated every second of it.

[davincible]

To pick two people that they would agree to never target, correct?

[gunmettle]

Yeah, that's right. Getting 'em to agree not to target the whole team was pretty much off the table.

Havin' to pick two felt next to impossible.

[davincible]

Yes, Sphinx would have similar problems for very different reasons.

[ Haaa. ]

Sholmes seemed to think selecting him was inane.

[gunmettle]

I know. He told me as much when I made the decision.

[davincible]

And you didn't punch him? Amazing self-control!

[gunmettle]

Seriously? I know what I look like, but I don't have a hair trigger!

[davincible]

I would have punched him.

[gunmettle]

Hell. Remind me never to disagree with you, then.

[davincible]

Oh, you're welcome to. Sholmes and I just butt heads a lot. If he called any of my opinions inane, I'd have a hard time not throttling him.

[gunmettle]

Good thing it was me and not you then.

Didn't seem like a good place to come to blows, anyway.

[davincible]

No, probably not.

One could argue with his intellect, when he decides to use it, he's better off alive to make use of it for the sake of the team.

But I also feel as though it might not be your entire reason.

[gunmettle]

[ He pauses a moment. He can't help but feel like he's been caught in something, but he'll be damned if he knows what that is. ]

We weren't workin' on hard criteria like Yatagarasu was. I had to go with my gut.