[It's some time after the trial - after he'd gone to see a number more people who endured such painful things - but he'll go to find Reyna. It's after watching her make hot chocolate for a number of weeks that he thinks he's gotten it down, observed just the way she likes to make hers... and prepared a cup.
So he'll go to find her and offer a tired smile.]
... would you believe me if I said the reason why I didn't put the potion in a cup of hot cocoa is because I didn't want to ruin something so important to you with a deceit?
[Reyna's lips press together into a thin line and she stares down at the surface of the hot chocolate.]
If even my own partner doesn't trust me... [Reyna's voice is a little dull-sounding, when she finally does speak.] I'm not sure where I went wrong. But he was suspicious enough to feel the need to question me like that in front of everyone.
[If people weren't suspicious of her before - and they didn't seem to be - she wouldn't be surprised if they are now.]
I told him once - that he talks like he knows everyone's experiences. Like he knows better than everyone else in the room, and I feel like he's the type of person who wants to follow his hunch through to the end, even if it's a stupid one.
[and Jae-ha just shakes his head.]
... this wasn't on you. I don't think you should have to make an excuse for an old professor's folly.
I shouldn't have to, but I'm going to have to if anyone asks, and maybe even if they don't. Anyone who overheard that is going to be wondering just what I did to make him so suspicious of me... they'll remember that, next time there's a trial.
[And he's her partner - arguably, the person who has the most insight into her behavior and motivations here. (That person is actually Nico, but with his obvious bias - well, she doesn't expect that to count for much to the people listening.)]
So I have to come up with something to explain away why he did that in the first place. But I don't see how I'm meant to do such a thing if even I can't understand why he would--
[She cuts herself off and sets her cup of cocoa down abruptly.]
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toughchoices) wrote2018-06-11 12:28 am
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So he'll go to find her and offer a tired smile.]
... would you believe me if I said the reason why I didn't put the potion in a cup of hot cocoa is because I didn't want to ruin something so important to you with a deceit?
Even so - I thought you'd need this.
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[Reyna tries, but she doesn't manage a smile back - she looks too tired for that. She does reach for the drink, though.]
...thank you.
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[And that sounds sincere. Regardless he'll move to sit with her, wherever she is, as he has a drink of his own.]
... I don't know if I entirely caught what happened at the end of the trial, but I can grasp that it was unfair to you.
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If even my own partner doesn't trust me... [Reyna's voice is a little dull-sounding, when she finally does speak.] I'm not sure where I went wrong. But he was suspicious enough to feel the need to question me like that in front of everyone.
[If people weren't suspicious of her before - and they didn't seem to be - she wouldn't be surprised if they are now.]
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I told him once - that he talks like he knows everyone's experiences. Like he knows better than everyone else in the room, and I feel like he's the type of person who wants to follow his hunch through to the end, even if it's a stupid one.
[and Jae-ha just shakes his head.]
... this wasn't on you. I don't think you should have to make an excuse for an old professor's folly.
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[And he's her partner - arguably, the person who has the most insight into her behavior and motivations here. (That person is actually Nico, but with his obvious bias - well, she doesn't expect that to count for much to the people listening.)]
So I have to come up with something to explain away why he did that in the first place. But I don't see how I'm meant to do such a thing if even I can't understand why he would--
[She cuts herself off and sets her cup of cocoa down abruptly.]