changing and replacing this mask, show time;

[recrypt]

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[survivaltricks]

[SEE AKIRA BELIEVES IN HER??? HE ALWAYS HAS!!!! he knows she is reasonable!!!]

I can't explain anything else now, unfortunately.

[sheepish, and he lifts a hand to rub the back of his neck]

But everything will make sense tomorrow. Oh-- hang on.

[he digs into his pocket to pull out. . . a note!!]

[. . .]

[AND HE THROWS THAT NOTE AWAY BEFORE PULLING OUT ANOTHER ONE and handing it to her]

[recrypt]

[ glances in direction of the thrown away note. glances back down at the note given to her. glances back in the direction of the tossed note.

glances at akira.

raises eyebrow for like at least the third time in this conversation. ]

[survivaltricks]

. . . yes. I know.

The first note was stupid.

[he says]

[with a blank expression]

[trust him]

[recrypt]

We had plenty of stupid notes in the house and that stopped no one from sharing them.

[ melt not fish snake. does Stefano is horse. ]

[survivaltricks]

Do you really want to see it?

[he sounds a bit dubious]

[recrypt]

... I don't have brain cells to lose, and I can partition the memory later into less efficient storage if it's really that bad?

[survivaltricks]

[closes his eyes]

[. . .]

[fetches the note and hands it to her]

[recrypt]

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......... ]

... decoy note, or something you tried that didn't quite pan out?

[survivaltricks]

Neither.

[in a deadpan]

Someone thinks they're funny.

[recrypt]

There are really only so many people a note like this can be from, Akira.