jealousy injures us with the dagger of self-doubt

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[Death has shaken her will more than she thought, but Parsee never was one to run from pain she deserved. She picks up the phone and calls the whole town.]

A week or so ago, some of you might have suddenly found yourselves feeling very, very....jealous. Did these feelings make you hurt yourself? Or someone you care about? I don't know- in fact, I

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[After receiving the phone call, Satori stares at the receiver before slowly, slowly putting it down and immediately heading for 728 Anderson.

When she gets there, she'll simply stare at Parsee with a completely blank expression on her face.]

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[She stares back, unsmiling, waiting for words that cut or a vicious backhand across the face- any sort of retaliation.]

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...Are you expecting something from me, Mizuhashi?

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You already know the answer to that, now don't you?

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[Satori sighs, then raises her arm, as if to slap Parsee.]

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[doesn't move, doesn't flinch.]

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[Satori brings her hand down, but stops right before striking Parsee.]

...I'm not going to do this.

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Then why are you here.

[not a question; she watches the hand instead of Satori's face.]

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I've been thinking, you know. What's the best way to punish you?

And I found my answer.

[She lowers her hand.]

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How clever of you.

[turns her head to the side, spits out her next words.]

I'm so jealous.

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...I'm not going to bother threatening you, either. Were you expecting something like "If you ever do that again, I'll kill you"?

...Well. If you ever do that again, I'll just ignore you.

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Oh, now I'm cowed. What a frightening idea, being ignored.

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At the very least, it's not giving you what you want. And that's enough for me.

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You don't have any idea what I want.

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Oh, please. That pathetic show you made of calling the entire town and asking to be killed? I don't even need my third eye to figure out what that means, Mizuhashi.

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[she bursts into laughter, and for some reason she rubs the back of her head.]

Killed, injured, cut down with words, ignored- I don't care what happens. I just figured that murder would be the most popular option.