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[edealistical]

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[herpath]

[She shakes her head hard.]

It's not like that either. He's not trying to shelter me or anything and he's always thinking of my best interest.

[Unless he's making those awful jokes where he threatens to molest her or pretends he wants to seduce her. Or even when he beats her up by squeezing her hand with all his might and calls her names and flat chested and not pretty. But that's all to make her stronger and because they're friends. Besides, it's not his fault that he doesn't find her pretty.]

He just doesn't want me to get hurt.

[edealistical]

Mm... That's fair, but. Getting hurt is a part of becoming stronger. If nobody ever faced any challenges in life, you'd just... stay the same and never grow.

It's not that anyone wants anybody else to get hurt, but... the idea itself isn't something to be completely afraid of.

[herpath]

I know that, and he does too. He just doesn't want me running into danger when I don't really need to.

[She frowns, it's true though that Hak thinks a lot of things are needlessly dangerous when they really aren't needless.]

That's why I was thinking of applying for the investigations group. That way I'm still helping but he can't claim I'm doing something that's too dangerous.

[He's going to say it anyway.]

[edealistical]

Well. If you apply, I'll definitely accept it regardless of what he says. Everyone should have a chance to make a difference if that's what they want.

[A slight pause.]

Seriously, though, who is this person?

[herpath]

[She just shakes her head. It sounds like she might have gotten Hak in trouble if she says his name. She might just wait a month or two before applying. Wait for Edea to forget they had this conversation.]

Oh, I like your confidence.

[Distraction with the maze]

[edealistical]

...I have a feeling you're avoiding my question.

[Not quite so distracted as Yona might hope.]

Alright, alright. I'll just figure it out by myself.

[herpath]

[Well darn. She really thought that was going to work. She frowns heavily.]

I'd really rather you didn't. He can be a super jerk sometimes.

[edealistical]

Aha! That narrows it down to.......!

[a slight pause]

Well. Just about everyone in the Enforcers besides Steve and Tiz.

Still! I'll figure it out eventually.

[herpath]

We still need to get through the maze.

[Maybe if she can get her to concentrate on what they're doing she'll eventually forget.]