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[winebar]

Yes. He was asking the watchers for it back, though.

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...

[His face...falls.]

Ah. I can understand why.

[winebar]

[Hmph.]

We can only hope they grant his request.

[greatdeduction]

They might. One never knows.

[And a long pause. A tilt of the head.]

Now, now. What's this I hear about roles, hm?

[winebar]

You would be better off asking miss Mikotoba about it. She uncovered them before me.

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...

[He...freezes. And then something shifts in his expression, distant.]

And she told you, then?

[winebar]

She did. She wondered if I had found any, myself. In particular she had a theory that there may be two people with the same role, one per team. That is why she asked me.

[greatdeduction]

...And so? Have you found any? I won't ask for names. I'm just simply curious.

[winebar]

None that match up with miss Susato's. But I do know of two, though not their affiliations.

[greatdeduction]

Did you hear it from the horse's mouth, or did you simply learn about them from others?

[winebar]

Both of them told me about their roles, yes.

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...

[He smiles.]

And here I thought you were complaining about not getting along with people?

[winebar]

Respecting my ability to gather and share information properly is not the same as getting along.

[greatdeduction]

No, don't you get it? That's trust, my dear fellow. And that goes beyond simply collecting information.

[winebar]

[Folding his arms.]

As long as they trust me to do my job, that's all I can ask.

[greatdeduction]

And what job is that?

[winebar]

If you do not know the answer to that then your head injury is worse than we feared.

[greatdeduction]

Oh! I know. Being ever so grumpy as you accidentally reveal private, important information to the public, you dolt.

[winebar]

[WHO TOLD HIM.]

H-how was I to know even that much would cause that effect!? I did not say who it was!

[LEAVE ME ALONE NO ONE HAS EVER TRUSTED ME WITH ROLE INFO BEFORE]

[greatdeduction]

[REACHES UP TO BONK HIM IN THE HEAD WITH HIS KNUCKLES]

You do have a brain, you know! Do use it! [And a sigh.] But yes. I do hope you've learned your lesson.

[winebar]

[Swats his hand.]

I don't want to hear that from a man who spent the entire trial unconscious because he for some reason felt the need to climb a tree.

[greatdeduction]

Sometimes important things lay ever skyward, my dear fellow.

[binch]

But yes. Keep things close to your chest. Keep things in private. No more loose lips, you hear?

[winebar]

[An annoyed noise.]

Of course it has to be this way. Things would be easier if we could speak freely to one another.

What were you looking for up there, then?

[greatdeduction]

Of course it would. But angels seem to have large ears.

[And he lets out a laugh at that.]

Something shiny, perhaps? Ahaha! I really don't recall.

[winebar]

[He is so tired.]

Do try to be more careful in the future.