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[toilandtrouble]

...The Trinity shall not forgive you. Mine is most important work - you are interrupting a mission more urgent than you realize.

Unless, of course, you should see fit to guide me to more specimens. They appear bountiful here.

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[flatliner]

Calling them all specimens is definitely one way of putting it. I like it.

[toilandtrouble]

Ah. The traitor.

[flatliner]

Oh, those are some hurtful words, Double. I might have to prescribe medication to alleviate that.

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[toilandtrouble]

So caught up in your sciences, Valentine...

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[toilandtrouble]

What makes you think they would have any influence on me?

[flatliner]

That's the beauty of science. It's a thrill to find out just how well things work.

[toilandtrouble]

What you call 'beauty', I call 'desperation'. Why toil in uncertainty? You could have been so much more if you had simply submitted.

[flatliner]

In case you didn't realize, I have an agenda of my own. Submitting would have gone right against the doctor's orders.

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[toilandtrouble]

Hence my accusation of 'traitor'. I was aware from earlier than you probably suspect, yet faithful that your rebellion would prove fruitless. You truly have no idea how much more important the grand design is than yourself.

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[toilandtrouble]

...But you were close.

[flatliner]

Then you can count on my figuring out everything you know, and so much more. Like I said, that's the beauty of science.

[toilandtrouble]

You will know everything in time. As well as everything the other candidates have ever known. It will not hurt.

[flatliner]

Of course I will. But it'll get done my way.

[toilandtrouble]

You are willing to torture that poor girl you care so much for further?

[flatliner]

That, my dear Double, isn't any of your business. I'm not privy to sharing my patient's records or how I go about treating them. It's... unprofessional.

[toilandtrouble]

You have a good heart behind your exterior. The scars you hide are not merely physical, are they?

...A shame that means nothing before fate. What do you intend to do here in the meantime before you return to a foregone conclusion?

[flatliner]

We'll see about that.

I intend on doing nothing here when there's work to be done where I belong. But I don't seem to have a choice in the matter, as my "mundane" puts it. Something about games.

[toilandtrouble]

Unfortunately, I don't think these 'mundanes' are being metaphorical. I too have more important ways to spend my time, though I think we are sticking to the more frivolous areas for the moment.

...No matter, it will be easier to find more that way.

[flatliner]

Guess you got the luck of the draw this time. But here's a head's up. These specimens -- that's what we're calling them, right? The ones you'll find around here aren't going to be much better than something from the morgue.

I doubt you'll be able to bring them back for your desperate excuse of work.

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[toilandtrouble]

...Unsurprising. Even if it is pointless, however, I must admit I find myself somewhat like yourself.

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[toilandtrouble]

...Idle hands.

[flatliner]

[If Valentine were anyone else, she may have been disturbed by that.]

A good excuse as any. Just make sure you put them to good use. Anything's better than what you did with them before.

[toilandtrouble]

I suppose I don't have to use my hands. Or anyone else's hands.

[flatliner]

Oh? Then what will you use?

[toilandtrouble]

You seem quite capable with those leg blades. I trust you would not hold a grudge if I borrowed them?

...As well as the legs, of course.

[flatliner]

Be my guest. I'd love to see just how well you can mimic surgical precision, so long as you don't put me to shame.

[toilandtrouble]

How could I put you to shame by only copying your form? Even a perfect imitation is only an imitation. True improvement would require a commitment I am certain you would deny.

[flatliner]

Just as sharp as ever. The very least I could hope for, in this case, would be to avoid fighting against my own technique.

But even something like a cold can be unavoidable.

[paintsthetownred]

Whaddya know, it's the massive pile of flesh n'organs! [ NEVER CALLING YOU BY YOUR REAL NAME

EVER

EVER ]

Still yappin' on about all your religious stuff, I see.

[toilandtrouble]

Some things are unavoidable, yes.

But come, one such as you should be excited for the chance to learn much... Even by studying yourself from a new angle.

[flatliner]

Aha! You're more helpful than I thought you would be! I like the way you think.

[toilandtrouble]

Your animated amusements are somehow more admirable?

[toilandtrouble]

Traitor or not, our goals are not entirely dissimilar. There is no harm in paying you a kindness while we wait.

[flatliner]

Definitely something I didn't expect coming from you. Maybe I have to do a little more research, but thanks.

[toilandtrouble]

More research indeed. You only ascribe maliciousness to me because you do not understand the greater plan I follow.

[flatliner]

It's only a matter of time until I reach a medical breakthrough and understand fully.

[paintsthetownred]

They're less borin, anyway! Never been a fan of churches.

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