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[priceoftruth]

[backdated to this morning around 9-ish. A clap can be heard, and then a soft noise as Ed puts his hands on the ground.]

...Nothing. I should've known that-- ...Damn.

Al, Winry, I'm-- ...Back early. I need to talk to you both.

[a pause]

All right, Scientists, no more peeping and no more sneaking around like that. Do we have a deal? ...Please--

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[princedetective]

Please do.

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[priceoftruth]

It was fake. The whole thing. Azula didn't kill anyone.

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[princedetective]

...

Assuming you are telling the truth and not simply attempting to cover for her - for whatever unfathomable reason - that would imply that you wanted people to think you had died. For what purpose?

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[priceoftruth]

I'm sure you'll take this with a grain of salt, but there's no way in hell I'd want to cover for her.

I wanted the Scientists to think I was dead, and for that, I needed the people in town to believe it, too.

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[princedetective]

Would it not be immediately clear to them that you weren't?

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[priceoftruth]

Technically, I was. I engineered a substance that mimicked the effects of death and used it after the video feed cut off.

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[princedetective]

... [You've got her interested now.] In what manner was death imitated?

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[priceoftruth]

Medical science has never been my forte, so I can't give completely accurate details, but. It lowered my vitals to practically nothing.

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[princedetective]

A drug?

...Regardless, you must have had some reasoning behind your actions. And since you are now freely admitting them, you clearly no longer care for secrecy. Therefore, whatever you were testing has been proved or disproved. As such, you will understand why I wish to ask.

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[priceoftruth]

I do want to keep it...quiet. For the most part. I'm only telling the people that need to know what actually happened. But I know what you mean, and yeah, it's understandable.

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[princedetective]

Quiet, perhaps. But once you begin telling people, you have no guarantee that they themselves will not tell others.

And will you explain what theory you were testing?

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[priceoftruth]

I know. But I trust the police force not to be irresponsible with information.

No theory. I was trying to get information. I wanted to talk to the scientists face-to-face for once.

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[princedetective]

I take it it didn't work?

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[priceoftruth]

I got what I went for.

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[princedetective]

I see.

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[priceoftruth]

Sorry for making trouble over it.