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Are you not fine?

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I'm not hurt.

[Sh's not fine, either, but she knows what he means.]

Damian is.

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[ this suddenly makes sense. ]

Care to clarify a bit?
It might bring a little perspective on my behalf.

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[Did Jason not tell him? It takes a second for Kate to force herself to write the next message. She can't manage anything else but "to the point".]

Maeda cut his arm off.

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[ ish.

he's certain Jason will but it's best to prepare for these sorts of things. the wounds run deep.

all he can do is stare at the message for a moment, force himself not to reply in flippancy because that's all he can think of to do when he comes up this shocked. ]

Fuck.

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[It's rare that anything shocks that sort of response out of Loki. He always has something to say.]

Yeah. Jason saw all of it.

[And so did Kate, but Jason needs Loki right now, so she leaves that part out.]

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By the damned Norns.

[ what the eff is this shit? definitely something that needs handling. ]

This is very, very, very bad, Kate.
In more ways than first anticipated.

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I know it's bad. No one ever gave me a primer on what to "anticipate".

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It comes with hundreds of years of experience.
You'd hate it.

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Don't be flippant. Getting anything from you three is like pulling teeth, and you know it. I have no idea what you "first anticipated".

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[ well, she can't take it out on Jason or Damian, so.

at least he deserves it. ]

That's not what I mean.
What would you have of me?

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Tell me everything I missed with Maeda and whatever the three of you have been up to.
No smoothing anything over because I won't like it and you don't want to deal with it.

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I'm not your insider for this, Kate.
Both Jason and Damian know more about it than I do. I can only tell you the broader parts.

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Yeah, because Jason's an open book with me.
Tell me what you can.

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[ Loki knows enough to know that this is personal to him. ]

You can't get it from him, so you come to me?
I'm not stupid, you know, I know how that looks.

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This isn't a gotcha, Loki. I'm sick of everyone keeping secrets.

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These secrets aren't mine to tell.
I'm a liar and a thief, but betraying Jason's confidence would be fiendish.

You aren't thinking of putting yourself in this, are you?

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I'm already in it.

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I didn't get that part.

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They kidnapped me and used me as bait.
And if you think I'm going to lock myself in my apartment while you and Jason do whatever your version of "handling it" is after I saw Damian get his arm cut off, you don't know much about me.

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2 steps back, Kate Bishop.

Just-
Kidnapped you?
Out of the blue?
Did they find out that you were associated?

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[Oh. Maybe Loki really doesn't know anything. She's not sure if she's relieved he wasn't just being an ass, or frustrated that she has to talk about it.]

I was trying to figure out more about that guy who stabbed Damian a while back. He grabbed me, and somehow Maeda found out and decided to use me as bait. I don't know if she's been keeping an eye on us or if she just figured it out.

[It might be his turn to yell at her now, but honestly, she deserves it.]

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[ maybe he doesn't!! but he's probably still an ass. ]

That was absolutely reckless.

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[She's so mad that he's right. It makes that guilt twist in her gut again.]

I know.

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[ at least Kate is good at guilting herself, she probably doesn't exactly need him on top of it. besides, he's not really the type to drag anyone for making a mistake. ]

But the solution is not "run in with arrows flying through the air."
Think about this.
Will you betray yourself for your guilt?