harrowhark

[preordain]

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[outsidebones]

Yes. Satisfying, but ultimately unlikely to be worth the effort.

[she examines her nails.]

Your harpoon?

[preordain]

Hm? You mean Itto's harpoon? You heard him, it's his now.

[ finder's keepers, etc

he actually wants his harpoon back and is pretending like he doesn't. ]

[outsidebones]

[oh, okay.]

I see. Good for him.

[i mean listen she doesn't really care about itto he's fine anyway.]

[preordain]

He was mad about not having one at the trial.

[outsidebones]

And now he has one.

[...]

I won't apologize for suspecting you. You fell directly in the tank.

[preordain]

I had been tripping into things since I woke up yesterday. I'd only stopped after we left the bar today.

[ he sighs. ]

I'm never going to do strip check. Don't ask again.

[outsidebones]

Very well. I will not ask.

[if she suspects him she will still try to make him though.]

[preordain]

[ they will return to their standoff. ]

Good. For the record, I am mad, but I'm getting over it.

[outsidebones]

I see.

[well, she doesn't want him to be mad, mainly because he goes around harpooning people.]

I share your belief that the exercise is pointless. And I don't intend to cooperate with it without strong reasoning.

[preordain]

[ to be fair, part of the reason he is less mad now is because he harpooned someone. ]

So far we've caught people for other reasons, so it's not too important in the end.

[ he's biased but still ]

[outsidebones]

What caused you to trip into things?

[preordain]

I have no idea. I thought it was just a loss of balance at first, but then other things happened... like the blurry pictures.

[outsidebones]

Did you drink a beverage?

[though she knows what all of them do.]

Or perhaps a loss of coordination, the way some of us have lost memories or senses?

[preordain]

No, it was... it happened very randomly, like at the most inconvenient times. Kind of like I had really bad luck.

[outsidebones]

Hmm.

[well, she hasn't heard of curses. but who would dare to curse ryo.]

You might have said so.

[preordain]

Even if I did, no one would have believed me during the trial itself. It would seem like a convenient excuse. If it started the day before or something, that would be another story...

[outsidebones]

Honestly, I would have believed you.

[not because she trusts him.]

I wouldn't admit to having lost pieces of my memory unless I had no other choice. It is a matter of pride.

[preordain]

[ the idea of admitting he was suddenly very clumsy instead of simply not acknowledging it gives him hives. ]

... maybe. It's too late now, unless we figure out how to control time while here.

[outsidebones]

[yea that's exactly why if he said it she would have believed him.]

Yes, certainly. And I do hope you are not beset by bouts of clumsiness in the future.

[preordain]

I hope not to.

Although I guess it's now something we have to look out for in the future in general.

[outsidebones]

Have you asked the demons why it occurred?

[hmm...]

If not, you ought to ask Bloody Mary.

[preordain]

[ he isn't sure how helpful it would be because they swing wildly from "sort of helpful" to "the opposite of it" but

he nods ]

Might as well.