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I want to start the day over.

[ friday sucks. do over. ]

... Wouldn't change the outcome. You'd have to go back further than that.

[ he'll sit down on the ground next to him, though. and pat his shoulder briefly ]

I guess not...

The housekeeping room is unusually hot. It gets worse the further in the room you go, but I couldn't tell why.

So something happened there. [ FIRE AGAIN? he does not think about it ] I guess we'll find out tomorrow.

Yeah... we should check that first, just in case everything is burning.

Again. [ a little frustrated. ] ... You think it was two shadows, this time?

[ they'd discussed the very likely probability of escalation but also, he hates it ]

Possibly. It doesn't really make sense for one person to attack two people, in theory...

... Yeah. Just... wondering if someone might have thought Kaeya really was responsible last week and went for him.

[ he doesn't sound entirely sure it's a real possibility, but, also, what a coinkidink, ]

I don't think we can rule it out. If you aren't particularly sure who to kill, picking someone you think might have already seems like an easy choice.

But there's no actual proof that's how it went.

Yeah. Just thinking what the options are. [ ... ] Can't imagine anyone picking Rupert like that, though.

[ well. bradley, but that's like, five weeks too late for revenge. ]

I can't either. He was just kind.

... but someone could have potentially seen him as an easy target.

... Maybe. We don't know what the differences are between people acting of their own volition and people who are made to by shadows, either.

No...

[ he sighs ]

I know Rupert had an item that would protect himself from attacks for half an hour, but I also know he was trying to give it away and apparently did not always have it on his person.