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[newgothamoracle]

[her voice is carefully casual]

Has anyone seen Roy?

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[wornbright]

Is his nameplate still around? [ noo roy ;; ]

[newgothamoracle]

It's here, but he's not.

[tehoniongirl]

The last time I saw him was when he was heading on that camping trip, a little while ago. A couple weeks?

[there's a pause...] He's not back, yet?

[newgothamoracle]

I'm thinking 'camping trip' was a smokescreen.

Which is a gentle world for "bald-faced lie".

[tehoniongirl]

[there's a kind of cold dread starting in her stomach, but she's hoping she's wrong]

....but why? [he was in love. She didn't know with who...they hadn't talked enough for her to be sure...but she knew he'd been head over heels.

After this, though, she can guess who one of the women left behind was]

[newgothamoracle]

[steadying breath] I wish I knew.