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[metalicarus]

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[metalicarus]

Working on it, yeah.

[There's definitely an 'and?' quietly in his tone.]

[aluminumandash]

Can you give me your impression of him? What's he wearing, how well-provisioned, is he [ —packing— ] armed, is he injured and how bad. Discreet, like.

[metalicarus]

I was told he was thinking of going of to recue you on his own. Something I'm meant to dissuade him from. You wanna at least tell me why it sounds like you're trying to case him?

[aluminumandash]

[ For fuck's sake, Martin. Blandly: ] Just wanna get a feel for the probabilities without bruising his ego.

[metalicarus]

Uh-huh. Listen, before this place, I just got done with the NSA and the military before that. I don't need the lip service or the puppet strings.

I spent a day with him before everything went to crap. He seemed skilled in that Jack of all trades kind of way, but then seemed to fall apart when Kokichi got kidnapped. I didn't stick around after that. I don't think he's some big hero kind of guy, so if you tell him no and he comes anyway, probably more for his own reasons than yours.

[aluminumandash]

[ Rust knows next to nothing about the NSA. About the only thing he is certain of: no fucking NSA agent is announcing himself as such to a total stranger on a dubiously secure channel.

So there's a pause as he takes that onboard, corrals his frustration at this man's refusal to provide anything in the way of concrete detail. Then he continues, drawl lazier, blander, if anything: ] Afraid your personal objections got no bearing on my reasoning.

[ Another pause, this one calculated. ] So you're gonna tell him Martin broke his confidence, see what that whips up? How he reacts? [ Rust hums thoughtfully into the walkie. ] That's smart.

[ He does not think it's smart, but he doesn't see Mr. NSA going back on his own idea. If Rust puts his stamp on it, though, maybe. ]

[metalicarus]

[He has to curtail the huff of frustration that mounts in him. What is this guy playing at? Who the hell would fall for that obvious attempt to both direct him and stroke his ego to get him talking?]

Never said that either, that's a bad idea. Look, be straight with me on what you're after or find another dog to bark for you.