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MURPHY PENDLETON

"Not here right now. Which means I'm probably... somewhere else.
"If you're tryin' to get a hold of me for some reason, just wait for the tone and leave a message after the... thing.
"...Shit, that was... Th-that was bad. Is there some way to do this ov--?" [Beep!]

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voice;

[yardbird]

That right?

So then, you must've also noticed our smiling friend's latest message?

voice;

[jilt]

I did. And it seems everyone's been riled up by it, as usual.

voice;

[yardbird]

Can't say I blame 'em... though I think some are a little quick to bring out the pitchforks and torches, personally.

[Unlike a selected handful, Murphy isn't sure that killing Smiley is the solution.]

voice;

[jilt]

And when do you think a more opportune time to do so would be?

voice;

[yardbird]

Fuck, I don't know, I just... [It'd be an understatement to say that he's made a few bad calls of a similar nature in the past. Trusted all of the wrong people and had undermined all of the right ones. He doesn't want to make the same mistake.]

That thing... whatever it is... It's helped us before in the past. People I know would've died, but it...

I just wanna know why.

[It's a pretty big question: "Why?" There's no real one category that it fits into. Why are they here? Why is this happening to them? If the goal was to kill them, why does it help them sometimes instead?]

voice;

[jilt]

[ there's the sound of shifting fabric on the other end of the line, irene considering him, her fingers tapping lightly against the comm before she speaks. ]

That's a dangerous question to ask, Murphy.

voice;

[yardbird]

Not asking it can be as dangerous. It didn't have to step in when it did -- it could have just let us turn blue and choke. If it wanted us dead, it could've just...

[Augh.

[He sighs.] ...But there's no such thing as a selfless good deed. You'd know that, right?

voice;

[jilt]

In theory. I've never been one to practice such.

voice;

[yardbird]

Yeah, I didn't think so.

[Not that he isn't ungrateful or anything. There are occasions where she could have just left him to rot, whether she got something out of it in the end or not.]

voice;

[jilt]

We can't help what we are.

[ it's the nearest thing to an apology he'll get. ]

voice;

[yardbird]

No... I guess not.

[At heart, Murphy gets it, even if he doesn't necessarily want to.]

voice;

[jilt]

Curiously, I feel the need to apologize.

[ as if making apologies for her actions helps anything. ]

voice;

[yardbird]

For what -- bein' what you are, you mean?

voice;

[jilt]

No, not for that. But for its impact upon you.

voice;

[yardbird]

Didn't think you cared.

voice;

[jilt]

I do.

[ she couldn't sound anymore begrudging about that if she tried. murph you're cramping her style. ]

voice;

[yardbird]

[...Color him surprised.]

Why?

voice;

[jilt]

I'm not certain, to be utterly honest for once.

voice;

[yardbird]

That's... vague.

voice;

[jilt]

Another one of my faults, I'm afraid.

voice;

[yardbird]

Well, not everybody can be without 'em, I guess.

voice;

[jilt]

Mm.

[ well then. ]

I suppose this has been sufficiently sentimental. Keep in touch, won't you?

voice;

[yardbird]

Yeah, sure.