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[nonbelligerent]

[...

without any further ado, he writes,]

North?

[foodbin]

[She pauses.]

What do you mean?

[nonbelligerent]

She received a note.

[foodbin]

...Right.

[She sighs.]

I'm trying to pick someone who won't get easily freaked out now, because I have no way to predict what terrifying thing is going to get sent out. Remember your note?

[nonbelligerent]

You chose well, apparently. She came to me precisely because she wanted to avoid jumping to conclusions.

[foodbin]

Can you tell me what she said about it...? I don't know why my partner would write what they did.

[nonbelligerent]

His mind is difficult to comprehend.

She thought it might mean Four is guilty, but didn't want to immediately assume.

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...Do you know who it is?

[Anyways.]

I'm glad she didn't. If I knew why that was the message, I'd tell you, but apparently I don't get to know.

[nonbelligerent]

[he just shrugs!]

Can I ask whom you sent last week's note to?

[foodbin]

Feral. I got to write it, so it wasn't terrifying, which is probably why it's never come up.

[nonbelligerent]

That's good. Will you be in charge of next week's contents, then?

[foodbin]

Yes, but not the person it gets sent to. It is an incredibly stupid system.

[nonbelligerent]

That is rather unfortunate.

In any case, I assured North that Four was innocent.

[foodbin]

Thanks for that. I would have gone to her myself, but I did not exactly want her knowing I was one of the people who sent the note.

[nonbelligerent]

Do you two not get along?

[foodbin]

I was over her attitude within one conversation with her, so yeah, you could say that.

[nonbelligerent]

And yet you chose to send the note to her?

[foodbin]

After what you got, why would I choose someone I actually liked?

[nonbelligerent]

An odd way to think...

Can I ask what happened between you two?

[why can NONE of you get along with each other???]

[foodbin]

...I don’t need you to mediate. I’m a grown woman who can dislike whoever I want.

[nonbelligerent]

All right. Sorry.

[foodbin]

[After a moment:]

I’ve been making more of an effort here than I would have back home, anyways.

[nonbelligerent]

Well, I'm definitely glad to hear that you're not making less of an effort.

[a beat.]

Also, because I did say I'd pass the message on, she wants to speak with the person behind the note. I assume your answer is a definite no.

[foodbin]

There are so many people I pretend to tolerate.

[And, as he assumed:]

Yeah, no.

[nonbelligerent]

I do hope I'm not one of those people.

[he lets out an amused breath.]

Thought so. As long as I can say I did my part.