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[hostage]

[He's so bored, he can't take it anymore. Asking for trouble, maybe, but there's all kinds of excitement he's missing with the new arrivals, and he's not used to missing out on it. He keeps the video feed off, unlike usual, because both his cell and he himself are a mess. His voice is only slightly hoarse, recovering from a first week in custody that was spent screaming.]

So what's the deal with all you new guys? Usually I do this in person but I'm, uh, a little tied up right now. Anyway, lemme hear it. Where you from? Whatcha usually get up to? How you feeling about being in this skanky shithole up on the moon?

Hope the rest of you guys didn't leave 'em starving.

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[legal_eagle]

[Some nasty response bubbles up in her throat before she swallows it down.]

Sure. Let's go with that.

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[vaccination]

You're not helping anyone.

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[legal_eagle]

[Flatly:]

I'm helping the new arrivals. So they'll hear right from the horse's mouth that his little cookies are baked with hatred and cyanide.

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[vaccination]

[What's cyanide? Noooo clue. Doesn't matter, though.]

Yeah? You letting him out to make those cookies anytime in this century?

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[legal_eagle]

Not a cop, hon.

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[vaccination]

Then shut the hell up and leave him alone.

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[legal_eagle]

Interesting suggestion. But instead of that, I'm gonna do...not-that.

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[vaccination]

[Oh, how she wants to threaten. But she knows better.]

You're the fucked up one in all of this.

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[legal_eagle]

For trying to warn new arrivals that a dangerous criminal in lock-up is a dangerous criminal in lock-up?

Okay.

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[vaccination]

Anyone is dangerous if you piss them off. I'd like to see how many murderers we have here. Gonna warn everyone about that little fact?

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[legal_eagle]

Sure. Why wouldn't I?

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[vaccination]

Because you're nothing but a jackass that gets a kick out of riling people up. Stop pretending that you honestly give a shit about anyone here.

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[legal_eagle]

Well, I count as a person here, don't I? And I do give a shit about myself. So...

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[vaccination]

Yeah. I'm sure you do.

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[legal_eagle]

So there we go.

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[vaccination]

Enjoy your stupid power trip while it lasts.

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[legal_eagle]

Yeah, well, that's the great thing about power trips. You can convince yourself they never end. Me, I'll be riding high for days, you know. Taking candy from small children, pointing out that abusive assholes are abusive assholes...

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[controlledvariable]

i think that's enough, sonya

all you're doing is making ellie wanna defend him more

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[legal_eagle]

What the fuck is actually wrong with this kid? Who the fuck stands by someone when they've done everything that he's done?

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[controlledvariable]

[wow okay no one talks about her family like that]

you can hate jesse all you want, but ellie's just a kid. back off.

loyalty is messy, messier still when you're lonely and scared and not very many people are good to you. that's hard to let go, no matter how shitty they might be, especially if they've never been shitty to you

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[legal_eagle]

Yeah, she's just a kid who's gonna end up getting killed by this motherfucker when he snaps again. Killed or worse. So there are sort of higher priorities than not upsetting her.

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[vaccination]

You forgot being a dick for no reason.

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[legal_eagle]

Oh, hon, do you really think I got no reason? If you really think that, then he's blinded you through and through.

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[vaccination]

Oh, yeah. Because he's so evil.

Or maybe I can actually form my own goddamn opinions.

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[legal_eagle]

Based on what?