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Formidable

She always closes her eyes at this part.

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One can only betray friends, the traitor has many.

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'What is it now, CASCADE?'. The lips of the dummy remain still, and yet, the voice continues. 'Why am I naked, CASCADE?'.

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But the moment slips away. The lips of the dummy remain still.

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You are going to turn him inside out with this.

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One for fear, two for guilt, three for determination.

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Absent intensity. It's impossible to tell how much he even understands.

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Read the story from Loud João's own lips.

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A snarl flickers beyond the veil of the smile.

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No satisfaction registers on his features. He wants more.

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Maybe it's just a random nerve firing, but a smile flutters at the corner of your former double's mouth.

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No witty retort -- caught her with a stiff jab.

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She's trade curious. Tempo never could resist a little off-the-books hustle.

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But now it's precarious. Friendship under review.

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Finally. You've found something he fears.

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Feet rooted to the ground, hands slack. He's not interested in firearms. Or the afterlife.

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Like a stray dog.

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Anthropomorphism is real. It is the human mind doing its best to interpret signals from beings that communicate in more estranged ways.

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Only a trace of sympathy.

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You feel PSEUDOPOD's unsettling gaze on you.

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He does not give a single fascist fuck about any deathless heroes.

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His familiarity toward you is, for all intents and purposes, real.

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There's no need for counter-measures, this man is deluding himself.

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He masks it very well.

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Unsmiling and unblinking, the man in front of you has sunk into what looks to be deep contemplation. That, or...

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Use Duchess's technique on her.

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The burning, twitching gaze she fixes on you transmits the message with telepathic clarity -- you will not distract her -- she is onto you.

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A wariness in his voice. Even now he thinks the Weeping Eye may have ears as well.

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He is daring you to doubt him further.

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There is something you can perceive through his layers, but the form is too opaque to make out.

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Look at him with a sympathetic stare.

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This is not a man who is dying. Something, however, is very wrong with him.

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Let her beg for mercy. You want to hear it.

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Nodding mechanically, eyes glazed over and gently smiling, it's hard to tell how much he's even understanding.

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Not the slightest sign of surprise. Supreme, unfeigned spiritual indifference.

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His brow furrows, as though struggling not to let the idea through.

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... mouthing the shapes of the words that fill your ears...

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A flash of annoyance in her expression.

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A twitch under his eye. He masks it with anger but there is real upset there.

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Definitely arousal.

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Is that... arousal?

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Because she doesn't know what to say.

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She's just playing hard to get.

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No mocking inflection in his voice. He's asking honestly.