"I know what it does," he tells her, peevishly, "I didn't say I knew how it worked. If I did, I'd obviously be trying to work around it. The Null are more technologically advanced than us by far and they have abilities with their machines that we cannot hope to match, much less combat. Now..."
He rubs at his chin thoughtfully, paging down on the network again.
"If one of you could obtain one of the weapons- one of you I could trust- then perhaps we could work on figuring it out."
"I don't care much about your interpersonal workings, but if I had to hazard a guess: Chris. Gilbert. Cecily. Julia. Rydia- they would be the top of my list. Either those who everyone knows, those who would sacrifice everything to get their hands on a weapon to kill us, those whose deaths could be brushed under the rug as a line of duty or those who few people would notice because they're new."
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He rubs at his chin thoughtfully, paging down on the network again.
"If one of you could obtain one of the weapons- one of you I could trust- then perhaps we could work on figuring it out."
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She's not interested in committing a murder of her own when so many are liable to happen anyway. Much simpler to stalk the murderer.
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He arches an eyebrow, considering it.
"I don't care much about your interpersonal workings, but if I had to hazard a guess: Chris. Gilbert. Cecily. Julia. Rydia- they would be the top of my list. Either those who everyone knows, those who would sacrifice everything to get their hands on a weapon to kill us, those whose deaths could be brushed under the rug as a line of duty or those who few people would notice because they're new."