[But if Ranger of all people is coming to his door about this... then everyone probably already knows.]
Guess she's already told you then...
[It makes the small part of him not sauteing in misery have it's heart in his mouth, because that's bad. Very bad. Why was he lying here, when she could have been saying any number of things about what happened, setting people against him, making herself look like the good guy here? He knows it, he's learnt it by now; whoever gets there first is believed, has their foot in the door regardless of protest or evidence. Whoever controls the story wins; it's harder to change something set down than to say it. That's how it works, isn't it? ...most of the time.]
Tell me, what did she have to say about it? Ahaha, I'm kinda curious!
[Ranger is... well Shin can't even believe he's a neutral party, right now, in this state. But, he might still get that information.]
no subject
Talk about what?
[But if Ranger of all people is coming to his door about this... then everyone probably already knows.]
Guess she's already told you then...
[It makes the small part of him not sauteing in misery have it's heart in his mouth, because that's bad. Very bad. Why was he lying here, when she could have been saying any number of things about what happened, setting people against him, making herself look like the good guy here? He knows it, he's learnt it by now; whoever gets there first is believed, has their foot in the door regardless of protest or evidence. Whoever controls the story wins; it's harder to change something set down than to say it. That's how it works, isn't it? ...most of the time.]
Tell me, what did she have to say about it? Ahaha, I'm kinda curious!
[Ranger is... well Shin can't even believe he's a neutral party, right now, in this state. But, he might still get that information.]