[ honestly? he's probably back at mcdonald's and leaving with the largest, shittiest cup of coffee and a lit cigarette in the other hand by the time he's walking and runs into valerie. ]
I'm trying to decide which is worse, having two cases and fucking up entirely, or having four, solving one, and it's a person who really doesn't deserve this.
True enough. [ a sip of his coffee. ] And yet this is still completely miserable, so there's that. I can't even say I'm happy with how this turned out.
It's been weeks, but I still don't know if people know each other as well as they think they do.
[ the coffee is in his hand, but he takes a drag from his cigarette and lets the smoke filter out slowly before he can reply. ]
...if you think that was a bad choice and are mad about it, then we may as well end this conversation right now while it's still amicable. [ so yes, a little. ]
And I was just checking. [ the weird thing is even if they sound like fighting words, his tone is pretty calm and almost just. depressed. or tired. one of the two. ] But okay, my bad. I guess I'm a little used to having to fight to defend my choices.
[ he would rub a hand over his face, but he doesn't have a hand. ]
Sorry. [ ... ] I had my suspicions about Froggystyle when I started checking Haru. But I was hoping to buy more time and try to figure something else out, yeah.
Exactly that. I know...it didn't make sense when we didn't have that much time left, but I'd been hoping maybe we'd find something related to Shen Qingqiu's killer, or fully determined what happened to Fukuzawa. Something that would take the heat off of them. Anything to get more answers.
But it's another case of not getting what you want, so I'm not sure why I'm surprised it worked out that way. [ this time, the tone says he's not surprised at all. ]
Who, us and Froggystyle? It's...more like they were good to us in the very beginning. They made sure we weren't falling behind on stuff, and I'm not going to ignore something like that when a game is dangerous like this. Maybe that's stupid, but I have my loyalties, I guess.
Yeah. I didn't think we'd done anything to warrant it. They just...did it on their own. [ ... ] I don't trust people easily. That's especially true here. So I can admit it was definitely a bias on my part, but I also think I knew they wouldn't run away if other people figured it out on their own.
[ it felt inevitable that they would get caught, so jonas just did what he, personally, felt was right for him and his relationship with them at the moment.]
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I'm trying to decide which is worse, having two cases and fucking up entirely, or having four, solving one, and it's a person who really doesn't deserve this.
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Definitely the first one. At least someone who actually did it would...know to expect what comes next.
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...I really didn't think it'd be Froggystyle, though.
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[ but. yeah. he frowns to that. ]
I was really hoping it wouldn't be, in the end.
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...were you trying to defend him at the end there?
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[ the coffee is in his hand, but he takes a drag from his cigarette and lets the smoke filter out slowly before he can reply. ]
...if you think that was a bad choice and are mad about it, then we may as well end this conversation right now while it's still amicable. [ so yes, a little. ]
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Excuse me? I was just asking!
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And I was just checking. [ the weird thing is even if they sound like fighting words, his tone is pretty calm and almost just. depressed. or tired. one of the two. ] But okay, my bad. I guess I'm a little used to having to fight to defend my choices.
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Sorry. [ ... ] I had my suspicions about Froggystyle when I started checking Haru. But I was hoping to buy more time and try to figure something else out, yeah.
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What did you want to happen instead?
[ this is a genuine question that she is taking extra care to not say in a snippy manner ]
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But it's another case of not getting what you want, so I'm not sure why I'm surprised it worked out that way. [ this time, the tone says he's not surprised at all. ]
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...you guys were close, huh?
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I guess I can see that. If someone did something that nice for me, I'd probably try and cover for them too.
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[ it felt inevitable that they would get caught, so jonas just did what he, personally, felt was right for him and his relationship with them at the moment.]
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Thanks. I don't...expect anybody else to really think like I do or anything, but it helps when people at least bother listening.