04-2 [video]
[The feed comes on to a gurgling Abyss Feeder in the background, all teeth and stitched face. The sound of hard breathing can also be heard... and then the image changes, shifts to a very very angry blond. Her eyes are not so silver now, having changed to cat-like gold, and her armor slightly dirty, her clothing torn in several places from having
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Dietrich, your absurdity at this particular moment demonstrates no bounds. I in no such way attempted to provoke that monstrosity.
I was in Dismas at the time, as I'm certain you saw. Priscilla can undoubtedly vouch for me.
[...Speaking of which, where is that girl?]
What eludes me is the reason it was loose in the first place. What exactly were you up to?
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...which means that she would have had no reason to attack you at all. They hunt in packs, Isley, and she's the only one of her kind. Unless provoked, her instinct says to flee, not fight. Based on that knowledge, what else am I supposed to believe?
[And obviously Aizen wouldn't have done anything to her to cause that change.]
What I was "up to" was reattaching my arms. It isn't easy to restrain her when she wants to run.
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Do you honestly believe that I would go out of my way to provoke that creature? What's more, if I wanted it dead why would I waste time luring it around instead of simply cutting off its head? Do you realize how far-fetched your accusations are?
For whatever reason it was in the tunnels in Dismas and it happened upon me. If you released it, Dietrich, then you have only yourself to blame for what happened. And if you were the one who released it down there, I give you my word, you will soon be missing a great deal more than your arms.
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What would you have me do, Isley? Apologize for an imagined slight? What reason would I have had for intentionally releasing her if I knew she would run?
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[How to phrase this?]
...am actually more concerned with the fact that she fought at all, given that we had already established which group she was from. Unless, of course, you smelled of Riful.
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[Her chances at being able to play both sides are slim, but she knows what Isley is capable of while Aizen is a mystery. Does she side with the devil she knows or the one she doesn't?]
[A switch to Private]
...and if I provide a name?
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I'm capable of a great deal more than I'm sure you realize.
[Private]
Providing it is the name of the guilty party? I won't cut you into pieces and spread the severed parts across the Sphere.
[Whether or not he is actually willing to do this is unclear. He has been known to do some terrible things in his time. And to tolerate worse.]
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[She almost wants to ask something completely irrelevant just for the sake of keeping appearances going, but she's not sure where or how to tread with him. She isn't Priscila, after all.]
[Private]
I can guarantee neither guilt nor innocence on their behalf as I don't know them well enough to vouch for either.
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[Private]
The name. Tell me it.
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[Private]
[She's going to press her luck and attempt to play on both sides of the street.]
The only name I know him by is Aizen.
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[Private]
Aizen.
[That could explain a great deal. If Aizen is actually to blame. But threat of persecution wouldn't be enough to make Dietrich tell a lie that would endanger someone else. Not unless there was a very good chance that the one mentioned was truly responsible for the transgression.]
That will suffice for now. But mark my words, Dietrich. I will not think to ask questions the next time a mistake of this nature comes to pass.
I will simply obliterate the offending subjects.
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[Private]
You will not harm that Abyss Feeder, even if it means I have to convince her to eat mice instead.
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