Right. I never touched her, though she kept propositioning.
[Polly's a lot. Having her as a roommate for the past week has been exhausting.]
... My throat, mostly. [He's rubbing the side where the fresh blood was.] It sounded like you guys didn't figure out this part. But she slit my throat when she killed me. She slipped out of my grip when I pinned her down in the Gift Shop and got lucky.
Hmph. It's undignified to keep trying to push yourself on people after they've said no.
[ ... zERO??????? ]
Then why didn't it work on the other two, and what the hell brought them back...? [ that question is, admittedly, just muttered to herself, before she looks back at Carlos. hm, how to say this... ]
Besides the knife, did she shove anything else down your throat?
If she had, it might have been the source of your... whatever issue. But since not, you must be bonded on a deeper level. So whatever happens to her...
Yeah. From the look on his face, he knows exactly how that sentence would have ended. It's a conclusion he has long since reached. Her question, however... That makes him pause, eyes darting to the side so he can stare at the jarpet.
After a beat:]
No, I don't. I'm angry at her, but I don't hate her.
Really? Even though she's why you won't get to have another shot at this, like Chuuya and the dweeb?
[ she doesn't really know what she's getting out of these answers, but it's important, somehow. to know if Carlos, an innocent result of Polly's fumbled experiments, resents his lot. resents his "creator". ]
[It's 100% understandable if he did. She's right. And yet...]
You know, I've been murdered before. [Surprise! Death happens so much.] And I forgave my murderers for it. Hell... they're some of my best friends now. If I could forgive them for it, then I can forgive Polly for the same thing.
[A beat.]
... Besides, it's not her fault that we're here. The demons used her. They put something they knew she couldn't resist in her path. I can't hold that against her.
[Doesn't mean Polly isn't a hecking idiot, tho. He's still so hecking exhausted by her entire existance.]
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[Polly's a lot. Having her as a roommate for the past week has been exhausting.]
... My throat, mostly. [He's rubbing the side where the fresh blood was.] It sounded like you guys didn't figure out this part. But she slit my throat when she killed me. She slipped out of my grip when I pinned her down in the Gift Shop and got lucky.
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[ ... zERO??????? ]
Then why didn't it work on the other two, and what the hell brought them back...? [ that question is, admittedly, just muttered to herself, before she looks back at Carlos. hm, how to say this... ]
Besides the knife, did she shove anything else down your throat?
[ nailed it. ]
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—The hell, Zero?
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[ she even says it nicely and everything! ]
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Yes, it's a "no."
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[ 'will probably happen to you.' ]
... Do you hate her?
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Yeah. From the look on his face, he knows exactly how that sentence would have ended. It's a conclusion he has long since reached. Her question, however... That makes him pause, eyes darting to the side so he can stare at the jarpet.
After a beat:]
No, I don't. I'm angry at her, but I don't hate her.
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[ she doesn't really know what she's getting out of these answers, but it's important, somehow. to know if Carlos, an innocent result of Polly's fumbled experiments, resents his lot. resents his "creator". ]
It'd be understandable if you did.
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You know, I've been murdered before. [Surprise! Death happens so much.] And I forgave my murderers for it. Hell... they're some of my best friends now. If I could forgive them for it, then I can forgive Polly for the same thing.
[A beat.]
... Besides, it's not her fault that we're here. The demons used her. They put something they knew she couldn't resist in her path. I can't hold that against her.
[Doesn't mean Polly isn't a hecking idiot, tho. He's still so hecking exhausted by her entire existance.]
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[ Zero looks away. stupid, noble, good people. what the hell. ]
If it looks like the ritual isn't taking you immediately or whatever, will killing you quickly interfere with it?
[ that's the only mercy she can offer. ]