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[devoutish]

Yeah?

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[jumpthegun]

Someone's got to. She won't stand up for herself. She's pushing everything away. She's going to kill herself inside before this place gets to her.

[devoutish]

Is she pushing you away?

[jumpthegun]

She is. She doesn't want me to go near her, with Quark or not. She doesn't want anyone near her. She told me not to do anything after she told me Estinien was threatening her. She's damaged and she's scared about Quark finding out for sure that she's a robot. I dunno why, but she's terrified of that.

[devoutish]

But you're pushing anyway, even though you don't know the situation. You're flying blind, Watson.

[jumpthegun]

I know she's alone and she shouldn't be after losing two people, both of whom she was close to and one of whom she considers her charge. At least I had Fiona.

[devoutish]

It's not your decision to make.

[jumpthegun]

[Always you're on about this 'it's not your decision' thing.]

What if it were me, then? If I just wanted to pull away from everything and everyone and hide. Would you just let me?

[He thinks the answer might be 'yes.' Fiona would probably be 'no,' though.]

[devoutish]

If you said you wanted to be left alone, I would, yeah. It's a man's right not to be badgered every fucking minute of every fucking day.

You think because I don't let you get away with some things means I'm gonna call into question everything you do.

[jumpthegun]

You told me you badger people when they're making stupid decisions that are going to end up hurting them. And this is hurting Quark. It's not just about Luna.

Fiona wouldn't let me...

[The scuff of his foot along the ground is almost audible in his tone.]

[devoutish]

Staying away from people for a while isn't gonna hurt anybody.

[jumpthegun]

It's going to hurt her. And it's going to upset Quark, especially when she refuses to tell him why. He already has enough to deal with here.

[devoutish]

She should tell him why. Let him be aware of what he's dealing with.

[jumpthegun]

She won't tell him. I've already tried convincing her she needs to and she all but broke down.

[devoutish]

You're not going to tell him?

[jumpthegun]

No. I think I've done enough damage to her and everyone else lately. I'm not going to go against her wishes again, even if I think it would be better to.

[devoutish]

And what about him and his wishes?

[jumpthegun]

He hasn't expressed any to me apart from wanting to see her again, which I've been trying to get her to agree to. He hasn't asked me about why she might not want to.

[devoutish]

Watson, don't be thick. He hasn't expressed anything different because he thinks he has no reason to. You know that he might. Yeah?

[jumpthegun]

Solomons, don't be thick. I know that full well and I don't plan on asking him directly. I'll either have to lie to him and upset him, tell him I can tell him and upset him, or tell him the truth and upset her. There's not a way to win that.

I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, unless you've got some words of wisdom.

[devoutish]

I think you care about her very much, right, and it's affecting your judgement. I asked if you had thought about telling the boy he's traveling with someone who helped do awful things to him, and then lied about it - and your concern was for not wanting to hurt her. Yeah? Not wanting to go against her wishes.

[jumpthegun]

What? That's not what we're talking about, Alfie. We're talking about me telling Quark that Luna's a robot.

[devoutish]

She's a robot who was involved in this game. It's all related.

[jumpthegun]

It's her being a robot that she doesn't want me talking about, not the Nonary Game. Quark already knows what happened with that. [How could he not when the information is up there in black and white?] I've already told Luna he probably knows what she is, as well, but she's adamant. And even knowing what he knows about her, he trusts her enough to want to be with her. Which is why I've been telling you there's got to be more to the story than that.

[devoutish]

He does know she was involved with the game? Mm.

If she doesn't want you to know the rest of the story, leave it alone. Especially if you do consider her a friend.

[jumpthegun]

As far a I know. I don't know how he couldn't be. He reads the network like everyone else.

[But Alfie telling him to leave it alone makes John frown.]

You never leave things alone. Why have I got to? Especially when she's my friend and I want to help her.

[He doesn't quite realize that's phrased as an acquiescence, just with a demand for an explanation. But... well. At least for right now, he's willing to listen to and obey Alfie more than usual. Give it a week, and he'll go back to being a bit more stubborn.]