good cop, bad cop

[insincerely]

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[feminitis]

[he knew the hotel better than them at that point; he probably could have worked their surroundings to his advantage and killed them all one by one.

sei hadn't believed for a second that he would actually try to kill her, though - which was why she'd insisted on being the one to go and talk to him first. knowing what they'd planned for some of the others, she'd much rather have made him their ally than their enemy.]

A lot of people would be wrong. Maybe it was easier in other places, but other places aren't like this. Having to oversee things here is its own sort of struggle, I think.

[...]

I wish you hadn't been caught up in this. But... at the same time, I'm glad I'm not doing this without you. Is that weird to say?

[insincerely]

Yes?

[can he flee from this room? oh god, he needs to leave this room immediately.]

[feminitis]

...

[punches his shoulder.]

[insincerely]

Don't be mad at me for answering your question!

[feminitis]

I'll be as mad at you as I want to! You only think it's weird because you think you're more of an asshole than you actually are!

[insincerely]

[oh my GOD]

Shut up.

[feminitis]

I mean it, though.

[...]

But if our coming here made this harder on you - I'm sorry for that. You can hit me for it later, once we've finished the mission.

[insincerely]

[he sighs.]

Lila Rossi was also annoying. It was going to suck either way.

[feminitis]

I suppose that's true.

...and at least this way you haven't had to put up with Qi Rong or Luo Binghe, either. They both seem like they would have been... a lot.

[insincerely]

[shinnosuke looks exhausted just recalling them.]

Edgeworth was seriously the outlier among us.

[feminitis]

You've had it pretty rough for awhile, huh?

[insincerely]

[he shrugs.]

Cannibalism's new, but I'm used to those types, at least.

[he deliberately spent his childhood in the underworld, after all. he knows better how to deal with the sociopathic sorts, the backstabbers, than he does with kind people.]

[feminitis]

[sighs wearily]

It's about time you got used to other types...

[insincerely]

It's served me well enough so far.

[feminitis]

Because you keep ending up in situations like this.

[says someone who



also keeps ending up in situations like this.]

[insincerely]

[yeah, uh.]

Says the person who was in multiple, including alternate timelines or whatever? What does that say about you?

[feminitis]

...

[well, she can't really argue with that at all.]

My point is, you've been through enough crap already.

[insincerely]

... That's true of everyone. No one asked to be here.

[like shinnosuke's said to others, he doesn't believe in karma. whether you're a good person or not, it doesn't matter—the world can be impartially terrible to all. in that regard, it makes it easier to bear.

he can't control what happens to him, so all he can control is how he reacts to it. and he's not so arrogant to think that his problems outweigh anyone else's.]

[feminitis]

What's the point in saying that? Everyone's having a hard time. But just because they are, that doesn't mean you're having less of a hard time.

[insincerely]

And what about you?

[feminitis]

Don't turn this around on me just because you don't want to talk about your feelings. I talk about my feelings all the time.

[insincerely]

[shit she's right]

Sure, Miss Crybaby.

[feminitis]

[punches his shoulder again]

If you have to call me a crybaby, at least call me "Sir Crybaby," you jerk!

[insincerely]

Right, sorry. Sir Crybaby.

[feminitis]

Hmph.

[that's better, at least. she settles a bit.]

...I do mean it, though. It's easier for me because you're here. If there's anything I can do to make it easier for you by my being here, I'd like to.