#9 [video]
[Gooooooood night, Death City! Have one (1) white haired detective, dressed in white, making this video message in the dark. The only illumination in the room is from one lonely computer screen-- thank goodness for back-up generators in the Agency-- and it makes him look eerie and almost ghost-like.]My name is Near and as most of you may know, I am
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And I don't see why it's so urgent to get the thing back. No one can do anything with it, can they?
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[Switching to TEXT...]
stu·pid, adj
- given to unintelligent decisions or acts : acting in an unintelligent or careless manner
- lacking intelligence or reason : brutish
- marked by or resulting from unreasoned thinking or acting : senseless
[...and switching back to VOICE.]
She certainly happens to fit the definition.
I never said I considered this hunt urgent; I am simply doing my job and making sure I'm on Shibusen's good side, which would in turn grant me opportunities that most people wouldn't have. It's a question of playing my cards right.
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[No, he's betraying too much emotion here, so he switches in return.]
That's your problem. Or one of them, I should say. You've never been able to tell reckless from bold.
Shibusen is as lost as any of us. Am I to assume you have some purpose in sucking up to them?
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Both are often linked but not always. I am perfectly capable of detecting stupidity when I see it, Mello.
Not anything in specific, as of yet.
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Dare I ask that you let me know when you discover one?
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[Unless his Meister could interfere with his plans, but shhh.]
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[Mello's not unaware that the pot's calling the kettle black, here. He hasn't breathed a word to Near about his plan with Sollux, having assumed Near is far too much of a goody two-shoes not to rat them out.]
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