Thanks a lot, Break

[maddeninghatter]

If you get so excessively worked up, you'll botch everything - even what you're actually able to do.

USELESS! USELESS! SHE'S USELESS!

Now, now Emily. That's not nice at all~.

[ Cellophane crinkle followed by candy slurping. And noisy chomping. ]

My advice is - play to your strengths. Another character might be easier for you.

[ Unselfconsciously licking his fingertips ]

Gil, for instance...

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[silent_bullet]

[So bite him.]

Am I? I was just asking...[He sighs softly.]

I didn't think grown men liked talking to dolls....

[maddeninghatter]

[ Biting is Alice's bailiwick. ]

Aha~!

[ The smile is back. ]

I wouldn't know anything about that. Say - you're almost a grown man.

Whom do ~you~ like talking to?

[silent_bullet]

[Is that a trick question?]

People.....Sometimes....

[He's more of a stalker....Even if his definition of stalking says other wise.]

Though not my superiors...They're mean to me...[They always hit him when he asks something.]

[maddeninghatter]

Who are your superiors? And why are they "mean" to you?

[ Break's tone has changed. It's keen; alert. ]

[silent_bullet]

Why are you interested?

[ He didn't think before speaking, but he can't just hide that. It would be too suspicious....But he can't tell him he's part of an organization that kill human experiments.]

[maddeninghatter]

Because I'm looooooonely~!

[ Time for more candy. This time it's a big swirly lollipop, which he sucks on noisily. ]

[silent_bullet]

Why would telling you about my superiors being mean help?

[maddeninghatter]

[ Calculating...

People typically prattle on about themselves ad nauseum if you indicate the slightest shred of interest.

People who don't - particularly people as artless as this boy - usually have something to hide... ]

It might help me. Or - it might help you.

We might help each other.

[silent_bullet]

......I don't need help. It's normal for them to look down upon me.

[ that and he would have no reason to exist anymore....]

[maddeninghatter]

Might be normal.

[ Carelessly licks his fingertips. ]

But is it what you want?

[silent_bullet]

......I want.....?

[ No one has ever asked Lace what he wanted. He never spoke up though. It would be nice to be treated a tiny bit better.]

What can you do to make them stop hitting me...?

[maddeninghatter]

A great many things.

[ Heh heh heh heh heh ]

But it might be helpful to know why they're hitting you.

[silent_bullet]

If I make a mistake or if they feel I'm out of line....Though I usually seem to do something wrong when they get upset.

But it would only get worse if I tell you something I'm not supposed to.