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[amoray]

So what are you gonna do when they outlaw all that superheroin' nonsense you all lowe so damn much?

[to his credit, he's trying to sound grave. (it isn't working.)]

We take this - and we're goin' to, since we got such big pushers for mustard-bellied diplomacy in charge around here - they ain't gonna be satisfied 'til they got us all on leashes. And at the first signs a dissent, they're gonna hang us by 'em. I sure hope you lot can handle the usage a our powers bein' a criminal offense, since that's the next thing to go. A Wulcanus gun in ewery Natiwe hand and a trackin' chip in ewery filthy imPort, right?

[a theatrical pause. contrary to his usual habit of getting worked up in his tirades, eridan's been very calm (albeit smug in his "my unreasonable paranoia was entirely justified" kind of way) but no less intense throughout.]

We start goin quietly into that good fuckin' nocturnal phase and we aint newer gonna stop.

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[enigmaestro]

I could say the exact same thing.

[A beat. WOOOOOAAAAH EMOTIONS.]

Daken, then. Green Arrow. Starscream.

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[amoray]

I don't know who any a those goddamn people are.

Maybe if you don't feel like bein' a contiliatory force in my life, you oughta quit actin' like it. Quit tryin' to make sure I'm pacified, quit coddlin' me, quit fish punnin' at me like we're still fuckin' friends, and quit pretendin' you giwe a shit.

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[enigmaestro]

[I obviously do still give a shit, he could have said. Why would I be talking to you now, if I didn't? How is any of that logical? He could have said that Should of said that.

But he didn't.]

Did you really say coddling before hooking me for fish puns? Seems a bit of an artifishal concern.

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[amoray]

Stop.

[it's stern, humorless - maybe even a little bit angry.]

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[enigmaestro]

Easy, boy. You're letting me bait you.

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[amoray]

I'm gettin' ready to fuckin' hang up on you.

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[enigmaestro]

I'm sure you think you are. But you haven't actually done that now, have you? No -- you're still focused on me. You still want answers that I have spent months dodging.

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[amoray]

Considerin' I'm not gettin' 'em outta you with anythin' short of a pair a pliers and a free afternoon, I ain't exactly hopin' for much.

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[enigmaestro]

[A laugh!]

What a turn of phrase. Would torturing me make you feel better?

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[amoray]

That's a stupid question.

[which is purposefully vaguely phrased but he knows eddie knows it means YES DUH.]

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[enigmaestro]

Do you want a go at it?

[TRAP TRAP TRAP TRAP IT'S A TRAP]

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[amoray]

Equally stupid question.

[NOT GOIN 4 IT]

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[enigmaestro]

True. There's no way you could manage it without me allowing it, and you probably don't like patronizing torture.

I mean, wasn't that your relationship with Gamzee in a nutshell?

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[amoray]

All fiwe incredibly goddamn regettable minutes of it, I suppose.

Ain't mutual torture the spirit a kismesis, though? What do you and Norm do to each other?

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[enigmaestro]

Are you jealous of my interaction with Norman? You bring him up so frequently.

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[amoray]

Because it irritates you that you're such goddamn obwious kismeses.

["I AM INCREDIBLY JEALOUS OF YOUR KISMESIS."]

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[enigmaestro]

[Smugly.]

It isn't just him I have.

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[amoray]

So you admit to some manner a possessiwe feelins ower him.

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[enigmaestro]

I don't think I have to admit anything to someone who isn't my moirail.

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[amoray]

Considerin' it's obwious to anybody with functionin' eyes either way, you don't hawe to.

[beat.]

So who're you cheatin' on Norm with, anyway?

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[enigmaestro]

Oh, wouldn't you like to know?

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[amoray]

Tease.

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[enigmaestro]

Maybe we could bargain for information, then? If you're so interested.

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[amoray]

I'm listenin'.

Barely, but it's somethin'.

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[enigmaestro]

Details of our respective private lives. Question for a question, answered in full.