[It does feel a little like an accusation, because Kate already feels so guilty about it. Her reply is blunt because she doesn't have the energy for anything else.]
[ How in the hell did she manage to breeze over, wrench off Damian's entire arm, and get away again with Damian being who he is and both Jason and Kate in the vicinity?
The level of threat she presents shifts itself in his perception. No longer just a vindictive businesswoman hiding behind henchpeople. ]
[ It was easy for him to allow Damian's throwaway comment to be his entire understanding of the situation. Too angry and with no intention of further prying into the suffering of someone who had just lost so much.
But this makes sense. Horrible, horrible sense.
Blood runs chill, then burns. Oh, for just a shred of sorcery. ]
You need to help me keep anyone from acting rashly.
This will be her end.
[ And because it matters, because they're all too young to be the victims of this kind of terrorisation: ]
[ A glimpse back to the dreams, where her thoughts and her words had told him and Damian both that Maeda and others knew much, much more than they should. It hasn't crossed his mind for a while but it's all too sharp. ]
Do you remember that guy who tried to kill Damian? He stabbed him with a poisoned knife. Damian thought he was up to something else shady. He managed to grab me, and then Maeda got involved.
I was under the impression that was always one of Maeda's strings. If Damian heard whispers he was up to something and you're the one who went looking, it's not the biggest leap to assume a connection.
[ Let's take this one step at a time. Assume it's isolated and reshape the view with evidence. ]
The Maedas have connections down there, and I'd been seeing the guy a lot, too. Rigging fights. The usual. Once Maeda grabbed me from him, she left clues for Damian to find me, apparently. Then he called Jason for backup.
Either she's got eyes on Damian permanently or she knows far more than that. Five minutes in a room with her and he could take the mystery out of it entirely. ]
That clarifies that. Thank you for speaking with me. I appreciate it's not the best time.
If you need to speak to someone who isn't out for blood, I've a friend who listens well. She makes good conversation.
[ Stephen Strange may be a lot of things but a comfort surely isn't one of them. But Kate's been through something. That shouldn't go unacknowledged. ]
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[ It's not meant to have come out like an accusation, but no prizes for guessing what he's referring to.
Hello, Kate. ]
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I was there.
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[ He knew she was responsible, but not that she'd done it herself. ]
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[ How in the hell did she manage to breeze over, wrench off Damian's entire arm, and get away again with Damian being who he is and both Jason and Kate in the vicinity?
The level of threat she presents shifts itself in his perception. No longer just a vindictive businesswoman hiding behind henchpeople. ]
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[Kate doesn't know how to explain it, and it makes her stomach turn trying to find the words.]
I don't know what it was. A saw that cauterized as it cut.
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But this makes sense. Horrible, horrible sense.
Blood runs chill, then burns. Oh, for just a shred of sorcery. ]
You need to help me keep anyone from acting rashly.
This will be her end.
[ And because it matters, because they're all too young to be the victims of this kind of terrorisation: ]
I'm sorry you had to experience that, Kate.
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[But it was still her involvement that got Damian in trouble. Then again...]
I don't even know how she figured out that Damian and I are friends.
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What did you go looking for?
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Damian thought he was up to something else shady. He managed to grab me, and then Maeda got involved.
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[ Let's take this one step at a time. Assume it's isolated and reshape the view with evidence. ]
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She killed him anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter anymore.
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I'm missing too many elements of this to see it.
What made Damian think the guy was up to something else? And how did you three come to be together when she intervened? Did she bring them?
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Once Maeda grabbed me from him, she left clues for Damian to find me, apparently. Then he called Jason for backup.
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Either she's got eyes on Damian permanently or she knows far more than that. Five minutes in a room with her and he could take the mystery out of it entirely. ]
That clarifies that.
Thank you for speaking with me. I appreciate it's not the best time.
Were you hurt?
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[ Stephen Strange may be a lot of things but a comfort surely isn't one of them. But Kate's been through something. That shouldn't go unacknowledged. ]
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Who told you, by the way?
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read as: i misread your first tag in the thread and now i have to pivot RIP ME
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