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You said it yourself, good or evil, it's arbitrary to assign those values to any actions taken here.

( but of course she had to throw it back at him, the same way he did before. )

Well of course I don't want to be a murderer, but even I can't help but feel those urges. I wanted to kill Claudia after all, and I was going to do it.

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Well, I did.

[ She probably can feel his shrug. ]

She didn't leave you any choice, did she? [ A beat. ] But it seems like you misunderstood me on a point. You see, I'm curious what he felt when he did it. Did he view it as an evil action? Or as a reprehensible one?

Our view on his morality doesn't matter. So, does his view matter? [ A longer sigh. ] To be honest, we can view this as a boon in figuring out more about how we're being judged.

I'm somewhat looking forward to seeing if that person tries to kill Hannibal and if he'll get a warning or something. If he does, well, won't that be something...

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( as much as heather wanted to argue over the fact that none of this made any difference at all, and that what hannibal did was a violating thing, he made a fair point.

so far it seemed no one was out to punish him, or at least not from what she had seen. all there was, was a network post from the victim so far. )

I mean did Hannibal get a warning from killing and serving up that person to begin with? I guess you're right though, and for what it's worth, I think he views it as a perfectly acceptable thing to do.

I mean he fed all of us human flesh without even flinching. Almost like he got off to it.

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These are all compelling questions and ones that I intend to ask. [ A beat. ] Not to worry. I'll share with you my findings. It doesn't do me any good to hide information from you, after all.

[ Another pause. ] I'll feel out about the last comment. Though, you probably don't want to know the answer if it turns out that it is like that, am I right?

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( with the same intensity he felt when alessa seemed to take over, heather could only hope he could feel the roll of her eyes over the phone. his kindness, if one could even call it that was laughable.

she didn't want to see like she needed to be told about everything that went on with vincent, but then again, she felt partially responsible for him. so perhaps it wasn't the worst idea. but his statement...

he was right, she didn't want to know, because she already knew. why else would anyone do such a thing, after all? )

I think we can leave that where it belongs. Just tell me whatever you find out, as possible.

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Sure.

[ He hums and thinks to himself about the responses to the warning about Hannibal being a cannibal. ]

If you could, try to figure out what our main dish has to think about things. I do wonder if he'd like us to tar and feather Hannibal, but I also think that might be a little insensitive... given his wings.

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I'll see what he says, if he's even willing to talk much.

( she sighed for now, opting to just close out the conversation for now. vincent can call her back when he gathers anything worth sharing.

for now though, she'll say one last thing. )

Maybe we should both be careful about going anywhere anyone invites us to, or avoid any 'free' food for a while...

( really, that's more for her than him. she's sure he doesn't care too deeply about being fed human flesh beyond sharing something else with claudia. )

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I'll try to get what I can out of him, too.

[ By being direct about it, for once, because well, why not? ]

I've been feeling that for a while. I want to have a food taster, but sadly, even if they eat and it happens to be human meat... what can you do if they enjoy it?

[ Vincent laughs to himself, enjoying his horrifying joke. ]

Well, guess I shouldn't say human... that person definitely wasn't. Though, I guess you've already decided that doesn't matter much, hm?

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Listen, we can get into semantics and other things at a later time. Just find out what you can.

Give me a call when you do, or if you'd prefer to meet up to discuss, I'd be okay with that too.

( not that she cared to see him that much, but she did want to keep an eye on him. )

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Fair enough and look forward to your findings, too.

Let's meet up. [ A quick decision, a quick preference. ]

I mean, we're under the gaze of Echo so nowhere is private, but there's something nice about being face-to-face, am I right?

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Sure, you name the place and time-

( there was something that heather thought about before deciding to end the call. she wasn't sure if she should mention it to him or not, but she decided to-

after all, it was like he said, it would be hard to truly hide anything. )

I think I'll reach out to Aurora too...I'll see what 'she' thinks about these things too.

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I'll see what I can figure out.

[ Mapping this place out is easier than home, after all. He doesn't need to remember convoluted ways to get to A to B. It's refreshing, if not a bit strange. ]

If you think it'll help. [ A small breath in and out. ] Heather, even if she thinks differently, don't let yourself hope. She's just as powerless as everyone else. It just is that she gets to be the voice of Echo.

In many ways, you should pity her.

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Pity her?

( there's a strong tone of anger in her voice as she listened to what vincent had to say. it was difficult to even think of that thing as human, but when she first arrived, someone named chrollo seemed to imply it wanted to be treated as one.

she wondered if that was something vincent felt too, but she wasn't sure if she should even bring it up-

especially when his words felt more aimed at her than anything. it could have been from the pity she felt she was getting when she was alessa, or something else. whatever it was, she was growing weary of this conversation nonetheless. )

Whatever, I have to go. Just let me know when you've got something good to share.

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[ There is a tentative pause before he speaks as he thinks about offering an apology for what he said. However, he doesn't think what he said is worth saying 'sorry' about.

Maybe if she actually got mad, he's say something, but since they're at the end of their talk, he ends with a chipper: ]

'Course. Here and then, I'm on your side.

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( she wants to say 'no you're not' before she hanged up the phone, but all she can do is sigh before finally ending the call.

he was never truly on her side, and even in death, she couldn't accept him of all people being on it. still she relented-

all they had was each other in this strange new world, and she wasn't going to completely burn their bridge. for now at least. )