[He knows where this is going... he needs to sell this. He needs to get this right. He already screwed this up with Sara, so he needs to nail it here and this time. Shut away everything he doesn't need in the drawers, ignore it dragging fingernails down the insides. Draw internal breath.]
Ah, well, don't tell Ranger I told you this... but you know the coffin in the common room? The one with the AS logo on it?
[The one currently with a probably-festive tablecloth over it... it might still have food from the party on it.]
Turns out it has a cremation function... pretty handy, right? Wasn't that hard to lure them there either. They were nothing but ashes in the end!
[His tone is proud, pleased... because he is. He feels it was a very clever plan, and it's not hard to let that leak through even as he's being deliberately deceptive about the details.]
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[He knows where this is going... he needs to sell this. He needs to get this right. He already screwed this up with Sara, so he needs to nail it here and this time. Shut away everything he doesn't need in the drawers, ignore it dragging fingernails down the insides. Draw internal breath.]
Ah, well, don't tell Ranger I told you this... but you know the coffin in the common room? The one with the AS logo on it?
[The one currently with a probably-festive tablecloth over it... it might still have food from the party on it.]
Turns out it has a cremation function... pretty handy, right? Wasn't that hard to lure them there either. They were nothing but ashes in the end!
[His tone is proud, pleased... because he is. He feels it was a very clever plan, and it's not hard to let that leak through even as he's being deliberately deceptive about the details.]