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[petsthedog]

[Yeah, that's not exactly encouraging for Shinjiro to tell her anything about what he actually knows. Despite his grouchy exterior, he can be a bit of a worrywart at times, and he doesn't especially like the idea of someone putting themselves in harm's way because of him.]

It's your life, I guess, but I wouldn't exactly recommend it. Hurts like a bitch.

[A small huff.]

Why're you so invested in this, anyway? Not like we got jail around here. S'like I said, shit happens around here. Then it ends, and you get on with your life.

[pulsefiring]

[ Caitlyn worries. Her priorities are, admittedly, skewed but she is willing to face down a knife or a blade if it means hunting down whoever it is undermining the people here while they're already stretched thin because of everything that's happening. ]

Well, if I get stabbed, I can see how it compares.

[ Is she particularly keen? No. Will the threat of it stop her? Also no. ]

Even so, we can't really let someone run around injuring or even killing people. There's enough to worry about without needing to be looking over our shoulders for someone making what we're already dealing with worse for reasons unknown.

[petsthedog]

[He lets out a noncommittal grunt as he rolls a shoulder in a shrug, otherwise ignoring how it pulls a little at his wound. He's blunt enough to speak his mind on something he sees as a bad idea, but it's not like he's going to try to pressure her to change her mind.]

Ain't sure what exactly you think you can do about it, is the thing. Someone who'd just stab a guy on purpose probably ain't gonna stop just 'cause someone told 'em to, y'know? And if that's not the case, situation's already over. No point beatin' a dead horse.

[He will, however, make it a pain in the ass for her to go about looking for the answer to her mystery. It's just better if she doesn't go marching up to Knives trying to detain him or something when simply a misplaced insult was enough to leave him to bleed out in the castle.]

[pulsefiring]

I wasn't intending to sit them down and lecture them about why stabbing people is wrong. I'm sure they already know that.

[ Caitlyn arches her eyebrows, a look of challenge mixed with exasperation. ]

As far as I'm concerned, someone willing to stab someone else while we're in the midst of [ and she gestures with both hands, palm up, in a sweeping motion, ] all of this, they're a threat that people should at the very least be cautioned against.

[ If not just dealt with. Caitlyn is down the bullets to her gun, but with any luck, her meticulous practicing with her newfound fire ability would be a decent replacement should the time come she needs to use that rifle. ]

You can tell me what you know, or I can take what evidence I have and search elsewhere.