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« Feb 4, 2016 17:25:48 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"For me? Yes. For Jack? Not so much - he says we still need proof."

Lucien frowned harder! The French were the best at frowning!

"If it were completely up to me, I'd rip the thing apart and give Jack its head as a desk ornament. But if I kill it, and it wasn't giving them information, we're back to square one with no way to find out who's doing it."

There was always killing it, then making Eliott sift through the data when they brought her back, but that didn't seem like a great idea.

"Besides, he wants whoever or whatever is leaking information alive, so he can find out what they've told the enemy. He can't do that if I've smashed the culprit to pieces."
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« Feb 4, 2016 18:09:49 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"So get techs to deal with it?"

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« Feb 4, 2016 18:16:01 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"That's my thinking. I'm hoping there's a way to shut the damn thing off or something until we can get someone to look around and grab the data. Without just destroying it, I mean."

Hrm...

"I think I should look around for other leads, too, but I don't know. I don't see it not being that stupid robot."
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« Feb 4, 2016 18:25:19 GMT -6 » 		Quote
Even though Jack already said he had backup of the memory. He just couldn't access it.

"Good luck with that, then." she nods.

Couldn't hurt to keep an open mind.

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« Feb 4, 2016 18:35:11 GMT -6 » 		Quote
Lucien had considered that, but Jack's backup was most likely out of date, or so Lucien assumed. He might have been more about smashing tech than making it, but he wasn't totally clueless. Probably worth a shot, though.

"Thanks. I won't ask you to do anything much, this is risky, but if you or your bugs notice anything suspicious, tell me?"
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« Feb 4, 2016 18:53:23 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"Yeah, sure." she smiles softly.

"I'll keep an ear out."

She wasn't sure she'd find anything, but the least she could do was listen more closely.

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« Feb 4, 2016 19:06:30 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"It's appreciated," he said with a nod, trying to smile back.

For once, it didn't work too well.

"I really hope it's that damn robot. If it's an agent, I don't like thinking about what I'll have to do."

He would do it, and with a smile on his face in the heat of the moment, but actually thinking about it was harsh.

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« Feb 4, 2016 19:40:27 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"You don't have to do anything like that." Jan Di says.

"Catch the person, question them, then lock them up. That's it."

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« Feb 4, 2016 19:48:34 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"They've either been working for the Empire from the start, or they've tried to sell out the hope of the world for their forty pieces of silver."

Which was to say, a cell was far too good for someone like that.

"Either way, to imagine a comrade turning on us, especially to help them... the very idea hurts."
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« Feb 4, 2016 20:23:23 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"Yeah..."

That would definitely suck. And she can't help but try to think about every person she's met and if any of them were...weird.

"Maybe it was recent? Do you know how long that's been happening?"

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« Feb 4, 2016 20:33:29 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"No, but it can't have been that long. There've been no reports of the Empire acting on insider intelligence lately, except for them demanding the release of a prisoner they shouldn't know we have."

Maybe it was Harold himself communicating with them in some way? But no, that didn't make sense. He'd been pretty thorough in isolating that bastard, and slowly wearing him down.

"It's hard to say for sure, of course. We didn't know there was a leak until that prisoner told us."
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« Feb 4, 2016 20:41:52 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"Huh. I mean he could be lying right? What about that Belarus dude those newbies went to help? He didn't hurt anyone but maybe he told the Empire we took the old man."

Kind of a proof of loyalty to the Empire.

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« Feb 4, 2016 20:56:17 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"Apparently bringing us in - or any outside help - is against the rules, from what I read in the reports. So if he did that he'd basically be going 'please execute me'."

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« Feb 4, 2016 21:37:50 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"Well he doesn't have to say he brought us in. He can be like they swooped in while I was busy fighting the guy I replaced." she shrugs.

Her guesses were just from what she heard. She's not entirely sure what it was like out there.

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« Feb 4, 2016 22:36:22 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"Could be. Could be."

He said it more as if thinking to himself than replying to her, though.

"Hopefully I find a solid lead soon. I have to look into those missing kids, too, and the longer finding them takes, the more danger they're in."

Sure, they're trained Paradigm agents too, they're not exactly helpless! But he still worried.

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« Feb 4, 2016 22:37:31 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"Are you going to the last place they were seen?" she asks, figuring that the best place to start.

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« Feb 4, 2016 22:40:20 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"Yes. And better: I'm going to look into the bank robbery they were stopping, and make the robbers tell me what happened."

After a moment, he realised how that sounded, especially with the way his fists clenched as he spoke.

"I don't mean hurting them, I promised Jack I wouldn't break anything. But I know what they were doing when they all vanished, and from there it won't take me long to find out who to shake down. I can persuade people just fine without laying a finger on 'em."

Especially if it meant getting those kids all home safe.

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« Feb 4, 2016 22:44:12 GMT -6 » 		Quote
As surprising as it is that he's doing it without violence, it's also a relief.

"I hope you figure it out." she says, biting the corner of her lip.

Part of her figured it would be best to volunteer to help. It was important. But the other part of her didn't want to get on board with something while she wasn't...giving her all right now.

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« Feb 4, 2016 22:48:50 GMT -6 » 		Quote
He would do it with violence, if that wouldn't lose him his job right now.

"I do, too."

For once, Lucien was completely ignoring his food. Yet another sign to Jan Di how serious this all was to him.

"They might be trained agents, they might be strong, hell I was younger than all of them when I became a junior agent. But they're still children, and I'll rot in the ground before I let myself fail to pull them out of the fire."

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« Feb 4, 2016 22:59:49 GMT -6 » 		Quote
Barring the unfortunate circumstance that they were all dead already, Jan Di was sure he'd find something.

"I met a few of the ones missing. They're all pretty clever. I'm sure whatever happened they're working on getting out of it. Maybe you'll meet each other half-way."

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« Feb 4, 2016 23:05:33 GMT -6 » 		Quote
If they were already dead, oh, the blood Lucien would spill in their names.

"I know some of them, and I've heard Venus speak well of some of the others. You're probably right. I hope so, anyway."

The thought put a smile on his face, anyway, at least briefly. Then he noted the tray in front of him at last, with a weak chuckle.

"Want some? Not as hungry as I thought I'd be."

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« Feb 4, 2016 23:08:59 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"I'm not really hungry either." she smiles sheepishly, shaking her head at the offer.

"I'm starting to think I need to find a new hobby."

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« Feb 4, 2016 23:09:34 GMT -6 » 		Quote
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« Feb 4, 2016 23:12:11 GMT -6 » 		Quote
"When you're used to doing something a certain way, it's just not the same when things change. I'm not enjoying my usual hobbies, so I guess I need to find something new."

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« Feb 4, 2016 23:15:36 GMT -6 » 		Quote
Sudden loss of interest in things once enjoyed was also a sign of depression, or so he'd heard somewhere once. Maybe from Abby? Anyway, Jan Di didn't seem depressed, just kind of... down.

"I can help you find some, maybe. You know, light that fire back under you."

Not in an inappropriate way, either. He'd made a pass at her in the past, she'd said no, that was the end of Lucien trying to get in her pants.
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