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[diarists]

[a long, heavy pause.]

it shouldn't have been her.
she wanted to be better more than any of us.

[mygoodsir]

Is there anyone at all you think could have done this? No matter how distasteful the idea.

[diarists]

anyone who wanted to take us out.
everyone who was pissed at us for voting devon.
misty said she TALKED to him. isn't that a thing?? people who can talk to the dead??

it's not our fault he's ren's stupid boyfriend or whatever.

[mygoodsir]

Necromancers, yes. It's a thing.

No, it's not your fault.

I heard Ren fell quite ill after the fighting. Bit of a stroke of luck, that.

[diarists]

i don't really pay attention to anything she does.
if she ate some bad food or whatever, sucks to suck, i guess.

[mygoodsir]

Indeed. Happens to us all.

I would know your thoughts, my dear. I worry for you.

[diarists]

[she's not stupid, she knows ren's outburst has put the yellowjackets on the radar -- that and misty's actions, whatever they are. the old paranoia of the wilderness is creeping up behind her, infecting every thought.]

people die in those cages, harry.
saber died.
i don't want any more of my team to die.

[mygoodsir]

I don't want any of more of you to die, either. Dear God I do not want that.

And I do not want you to hurt anyone.

[diarists]

you said you believed i was a good person, still.
were you lying?

[mygoodsir]

No, I was not lying. I know you are a good person.

That's why I don't believe that you want to hurt anyone.

[diarists]

but you believe i did.
don't you?

[mygoodsir]

I believe it is a possibility. I require more evidence.

It changes nothing about the way I feel about you, Shauna. I feel a great kinship with you.

[diarists]

i don't believe you.

[mygoodsir]

And I am sorry for it. But I can only tell you the truth, Shauna, and leave you to decide to accept it or not.

If you truly think you did not do it, help us. Cooperate with inquiry. You won't be hurt, Shauna. I'll do everything I can to prevent that.

[diarists]

[she almost doesn't respond, angry and betrayed and hurt and spiraling. but:]

if they vote me and i die in that cage
keep an eye on mel and jackie.

[mygoodsir]

I will.