...Sorry, Serra—whatever you are. You were just born wrong. Not your fault, necessarily. ...If it were up to me, you'd get points for trying.

(Wow. Tell me more.) Wow! Tell me more!

...If it were up to me, you'd get points for trying. Trying to be... something more. Trying to be something at all. Or anything other than what you are.

Everyone's got a goddamn opinion.

...It's hard to get away with murder these days. People are still presumed innocent, at least on paper- But by the time they're in cuffs, there's hardly any shadows of doubt left. Because this whole world's lit-up. Mapped-out. Never unknown and Always Online.

...If it were up to me, you'd get points for trying. Trying to be... something more. Trying to be something at all. Or anything other than what you are.

- so youre like just asking for my advice? the aura loss is incredible - Not going to attempt to parse that - i doubt you ever could my generation's sense of humor is practically impregnable - It was a very basic non-sequitur, Auntie It just wasn't funny

...Sorry, Serra—whatever you are. You were just born wrong. Not your fault, necessarily. ...If it were up to me, you'd get points for trying.

Professional jealousy? How ugly. Why can't these underworld overlords just bury the hatchet, get together and screw over the consumer like reasonable people do?

- ur usually good at gift givin and shit butterin up judges bribin court officials slipping coins into viziers purses - You have a very Antiquated view of what my work entails Medieval, even - i heard he passed did u know him :((((

// replying to a nearly month-old thread somebody stop me. anyways. emma and morgan

Serra are you getting this

- so you got charged with owning an ai first time you do something exciting in your whole life and I gotta find out through the ████ing grapevine? - My life is plenty exciting - Freckles you could bore the polish off a resume-checking robot

For a moment, I lock eyes with Detective Qasim London. In that instant, I recognize a nameless ███████ flickering across his face, cold and sharp like frostbitten firs. ...Nameless. We don't need a word for it, because we only ever see it once— At the very end.

...This conversation's like quicksand—killing me in the most boring way possible.

- ur usually good at gift givin and shit butterin up judges bribin court officials slipping coins into viziers purses - You have a very Antiquated view of what my work entails Medieval, even - i heard he passed did u know him :((((

- ... - Morgan? - What was that, Counselor? - I said "Objection."

Everyone's got a goddamn opinion.

- My life is plenty exciting - Freckles you could bore the polish off a resume-checking robot i've ████ed catholic school teachers with more active night-lives than you - Okay

- ...True. - True?

- ... - Morgan? - What was that, Counselor? - I said "Objection."

I don't want to implicate Yumi in anything illegal by telling her about my unique circumstances... But how can I change the subject? When Adonai wants to shift the conversation, she'll typically... ...Find something arbitrary in the background to ask about!

Watching stupid movies and trying to papier-mâché an ill-fitted mask of humanity out of the scraps you could tear out of magazines. Practicing expressions and memorizing lines and... And trying to get something to take root and grow despite knowing it'd have nothing to feed on. ...Stupid.

Could be an issue of skill! ...Or. Maybe it's not something that can be seen, no matter how hard you look. ...But it's there. I guarantee it.

- ... ...The hell...? ...Why the hell won't this thing light...? - Adonai. You have your cigarette backwards. - ...

...There's no sadism or hatred or intimacy in a single bullet to the heart. Killing your girlfriend or her look-alikes usually is, if nothing else, a lot less...sterile. If you ask me.

- And we've got the bastard dead to rights. So if you're kind, you'll help him plead it out. ...And if you're smart, you'll pass this shitstorm onto some other nightowl and go back to bed. - ...I'm not feeling particularly kind or smart at the moment.

- It's no trouble. Gave me time to enjoy my cigarette. - Cigarette? Like tobacco? ...What are you, eighty?

- That's pretty good shooting, isn't it? - Hitting the bullseye at the shooting range is 'good shooting.' Doing it six times in a row is great. ...But shooting six people with accuracy like that...? - ...It's a whole different beast. - Takes a certain kind of monster—a real freak.

...They cover utilities at the rock you live under...?

- And we've got the bastard dead to rights. So if you're kind, you'll help him plead it out. ...And if you're smart, you'll pass this shitstorm onto some other nightowl and go back to bed. - ...I'm not feeling particularly kind or smart at the moment.

...It's hard to get away with murder these days. People are still presumed innocent, at least on paper- But by the time they're in cuffs, there's hardly any shadows of doubt left. Because this whole world's lit-up. Mapped-out. Never unknown and Always Online.

...Have I seen you at a game before? Maybe up by the thirties? "...Sorry. Must've been some other redhead." Damn. Thought I'd finally gotten my second chance at getting that beauty's contacts. "You practice that one a lot?" Practiced it a little. How's it working? "Keep practicing."

// "i've HEARD of jujutsu kaisen. do you think that after every case i take on there's just sand outside and i'm just like"

- My life is plenty exciting - Freckles you could bore the polish off a resume-checking robot i've ████ed catholic school teachers with more active night-lives than you - Okay

- so you got charged with owning an ai first time you do something exciting in your whole life and I gotta find out through the ████ing grapevine? - My life is plenty exciting - Freckles you could bore the polish off a resume-checking robot

... This was all so stupid. Honestly, I'm not the ego-driven type. In fact I pride myself on my humility.

- Red. It's me. - I know man - What do you mean you know? This is a disposable line. - You're the only guy I know who'd bother - Okay, well.

- What do kids your age like? - not my bday - I'm not asking for you - and im not a kid so i wouldnt know if it's for serra im not a robot either

- ur usually good at gift givin and shit butterin up judges bribin court officials slipping coins into viziers purses - You have a very Antiquated view of what my work entails Medieval, even - i heard he passed did u know him :((((

(No he's not he's not he's not)

AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL GAME

- Glad to be back! Did y'all miss me? - ... - ... - ... - ...Forget I said anything. I'll just go crawl under a rock and die while you make your opening statements.

- That's pretty good shooting, isn't it? - Hitting the bullseye at the shooting range is 'good shooting.' Doing it six times in a row is great. ...But shooting six people with accuracy like that...? - ...It's a whole different beast. - Takes a certain kind of monster—a real freak.

...They cover utilities at the rock you live under...?

I'm a goddamn savant. I'm allowed to be a little conceited.

I was talking to Bran and at some point it told me about how Carlos has more smiling sprites compared to other characters and I had to make this. #otDevil

Everyone's got a goddamn opinion.

Silence is only awkward if you care. I can ignore social cues all day long.

... This was all so stupid. Honestly, I'm not the ego-driven type. In fact I pride myself on my humility.