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MORNING 23 | TEXT | FROM: DI481O

Did this place change you? Has your heart wandered, since you've been here? Signed, A Concerned Friend

((OOC: This post is specifically dedicated to somebody special! Lalo will not be responding to any comments, but feel free to talk/threadjack amongst yourselves. ))

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[ Ridicule is the furthest thing from her mind right now. If Maddy thought ridicule was the worst thing this person was capable of, she'd have no problem personally inviting him over to the airfield to throw down once she's not injured anymore. ]

People will say their location in private when they might not say it in public. He could save up lists of locations...friends...enemies... That's why it's bad. There's a lot you can do with it. Or if someone has a lot of enemies, he could say "go here and kill them". Especially if they're hurt or something. It's like, I don't know how to explain but it's a big problem. Will you be safe?

Edited 2023-09-12 21:06 (UTC)

Know how cops use codes on the radio? Thats why. You got someone here you trust and can talk to face to face, work out a code between the two of you. Simple stuff. Where youre at. If youre in danger.

[ There's a slight pause before he tackles her question, but he really doesn't have time to ruminate on what shade of white to make the lie. ] Ill be fine. Im not that interesting.

Okay but that ONLY helps me. What about everybody else?

[ Something else occurs to her, too. She's not sure if she should say it or not. If this guy really can read this, she doesn't want to give him any ideas. Then again, if he's really this bad of a person and really this smart... then there's a pretty good chance that's what she's thinking, this guy has probably already thought of it, and saying nothing might not help. ]

Besides, what if he notices that certain people contact each other a lot? Won't that do something?

[ She does consider what Rust is saying, though. A code might not be a bad idea. She'll have to talk to Levi.

To what he says next, Maddy responds: ]

I didn't ask if you were interesting, dumbass. I asked if you would be safe.

[ She slips, in her stress, her worry for some random stranger she's never met but who is insistently taunting a potentially scary and unhinged psychopath, offering to "make it personal". It's an urge Maddy understands, or thinks she is. To not back down from a fight, to hold your ground, it's second nature to her.

But this...guy? Person?...is so far beyond anything or anyone she's ever had to conceptualize. ]

Edited 2023-09-16 00:35 (UTC)

[ He's running low on time and has a lot less patience when they're discussing his safety rather than hers. The replies are terse. ] you being alive helps everyone. not entertaining.

[ I don't think that's up to you, Maddy almost types. She doesn't have Rust's head for strategy, not yet anyway, and is too scared to be thinking about all the things he can't say.

But she also can't say anything, mostly because she can't do anything. She types only: ]

kk. keep it that way ig.

[ Her stomach hurts. ]

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