[voice | Robin]

[pixieboots]

[ The silence in the background is full and steady, which makes the fast, uneven breathing behind the tablet a little more out of place than it might have been. ]

My friend, he- Jericho. [ a huffed breath out. ]

They- it wasn’t even an accident. He didn’t have a pulse when I... when I got here. [ not a certainty, the accident part. but a guess. a good guess his head's rushing to already, but he's too upset, too angry to think it through right now. ]

I don’t know how long it’s been but you- you could tell that with the right equipment. With the fractures and the head trauma that’s- that’s a lot of- [ work to do is what he doesn’t say.

no he won’t say that. ]

Whatever it takes, I’ll- whatever the white coats use to bring people back, we’ve gotta use that. There has to be a way, there just...

There has to be.

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[lexiconning]

No! You're just lying jericho died

[ Aaaand bombshell in 3, 2, 1: ]

Because it was two days ago I was there so that's how i know

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[controlledvariable]

[Nevermind trying to prove something this person obviously won't believe, Steph is just - staring, before anger clouds her expression.]

Why the hell didn't you tell anyone when it happened!?

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[lexiconning]

[ Continuing with the texting is probably a bad idea by this point, but she's been stubborn this far, so why not just keep at it. ]

A building fell on him! what do you think? He was in horrible shape and you're alljust dragging his corpse out in the open!

[controlledvariable]

We. Have. Resurrection. Technology!

[MAYBE IF SHE SAYS IT REALLY SLOWLY THIS PERSON WILL GET IT.

She's so mad she can't breathe.]

And you still should've told someone instead of leaving him for anyone to find! You didn't think he'd deserve a burial, if we couldn't bring him back? Which we can! In case I haven't gotten that point across yet!

[Things that are not okay right now: Steph.]

[lexiconning]

[ That word is just making her more and more upset. She doesn't wanna hear it. It's liiiies.

In fact let's add some things she'll regret the moment she hits send.]

With all thje bombs and murderers around? I honestly thought he'd be blown up a second time. He died1! why can't you just let it go?

[controlledvariable]

That's no reason not to tell someone! He has friends who deserve to know, and the Initiative should've been told so he'd be resurrected by now.

[She drags her hands roughly through her hair; this is insane.]

Death isn't permanent, here! We're not letting it go because the sooner we can get him to the Initiative, the sooner they can bring him back!

[lexiconning]

he would have deserved a burial i'll give you that, he was the nicest perosn here! but it's a war. and you would have found out anyway and look!! you did
Friends die family dies everyone who can't just stay alive so just
get
over
it

[ IN WHAT WORLD DOES ANY OF THAT MAKE LOGICAL SENSE????? Hell if Syllona knows! ]

[controlledvariable]

I'm done here.

[She has better things to do, like actually help Dick.]

Stop talking to Robin, until you actually feel like living in reality.

[She disconnects the feed.]

[ encrypted | idk like fifteen minutes later!! ]

[pixieboots]

wait what are you saying
if you were there you saw what happened right?

cause i don't think he died just from being crushed under a pile of rock and i bet you don't either

[ THAT KNIFE WOUND THAT KNIFE WOUND ]

[lexiconning]

[ She's still not feeling too reasonable, but AT LEAST THAT ANGER HAS COOLED A LITTLE. ]

Yes. I was with him the whole time.
Why are you asking?

[pixieboots]

cause i'm investigating that's why.
i want to know who killed him so i can bring whoever thought they'd get away with it to justice.

[lexiconning]

Killed him? What are you talking about? No one tried to kill him! You
you have his body don't you?,

[pixieboots]

yeah i do have the body. that's why i'm asking you.

who knifed him before the building went down ?

[lexiconning]

A knife?

[ something is sllllowly dawning. ]

He was bleeding a lot from the explosion.

[pixieboots]

sure he was
and he was bleeding from something else too.

[lexiconning]

What are you trying to say?

[pixieboots]

i'm saying i know something's wrong here. you wouldn't incapacitate someone and leave the evidence behind unless you knew there was something bigger right behind you to wipe it all away.