You could have fooled me. You really took to it like a duck to water.
[Compliments aside, that's more or less what she came to ask him about. But now that she's here she wonders if it was more needling him about Scien. Her follow-up questions seemed to run along the lines of "When did you figure out it was him?" and "Were you suspicious of him even before the murder?" and "What kind of person did you imagine he was?"
Which is very much not useful to anyone. Better to keep it broad, something applicable to the crew at large. Not just to dispel the sting in her chest.]
I wonder if...if you have any other insights you'd like to share. About the whole situation.
[he gives her a look of concern because that reaction is, well.]
... It feels like there might've been another force at play that triggered his impulse to dissect Dahut. And so long as we don't know what that is, or exactly what error prompted the lockdown, we're still in hot water, unfortunately.
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a wry, tired smile]
Court-like matter, maybe. Solving murders? Never.
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[Compliments aside, that's more or less what she came to ask him about. But now that she's here she wonders if it was more needling him about Scien. Her follow-up questions seemed to run along the lines of "When did you figure out it was him?" and "Were you suspicious of him even before the murder?" and "What kind of person did you imagine he was?"
Which is very much not useful to anyone. Better to keep it broad, something applicable to the crew at large. Not just to dispel the sting in her chest.]
I wonder if...if you have any other insights you'd like to share. About the whole situation.
[b r o a d]
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Mm, it's still pretty weird. Did you speak with Scien at all last night, after trial?
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Rosamund's head hangs as she answers.]
Yes...
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... It feels like there might've been another force at play that triggered his impulse to dissect Dahut. And so long as we don't know what that is, or exactly what error prompted the lockdown, we're still in hot water, unfortunately.