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day 2 (morning)
[ Adam is quiet as he leads Luke away from the crime scene and all the people. There's no part of him that wants to be around all of them right now but he does actually have something to talk about with Luke, something that was on his mind as soon as he was able to comprehend the murder.
He only knows how to survive. It's instinct like in every human. Adam doesn't even know what he's surviving for at this point but he's not going to give up like this.
They finally end up in the bathroom, and then Adam opens the door to the sauna. He motions for Luke to step in. ]
Miss it? [ The sauna. ]
He only knows how to survive. It's instinct like in every human. Adam doesn't even know what he's surviving for at this point but he's not going to give up like this.
They finally end up in the bathroom, and then Adam opens the door to the sauna. He motions for Luke to step in. ]
Miss it? [ The sauna. ]
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I was talking in comparison of everyone else. But of course we can do better...any bright ideas?
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But he's letting Adam handle this in his own way, so that's something. He doesn't know how to be this close to someone but he's not backing off. Luke won't win. ] Interest doesn't account for much. But attraction makes people stupid. No one would think it's weird that in a few days we've grown close because of that. And then attraction turns into more and our story is set. Who's going to call us out? As long as you play your role right.
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As far as he's concerned this is just about Adam being more upfront and in on the plan. It almost seems easier.]
Attraction makes people incredibly stupid. [A shrug.] We're locked up in a building with no idea how we got here, we're about the same age...we're from the same world, you're cute, I'm me...it makes sense. [He lifts his eyebrows though.] Just what role are you thinking? Because I can play the part of being attracted to you just fine.
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There's a twitch in his features when Luke calls him cute again, but he makes a hmph noise in the back of his throat at Luke's ego. But no, it won't be hard to pretend to be attracted to him especially now that he can't really concentrate when their faces are so close together. ] It can't just be that. There have to be feelings involved. Can you pretend you have feelings? [ He smirks. ] Which also means you can't do the same thing with other people.
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That might be the harder part. [He's. Probably joking.] You realize you're asking me to pretend to be monogamous with you. Isn't that a relationship? That might be a little bit of a harder sell.
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That's the point. If you start going around with other people, no one's going to take this seriously. [ This apparently being them. ] How would a relationship be harder to sell? It starts off with attraction and it goes from there. People start dating for lesser reasons all the time.
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...if the situation was reversed and somebody else was doing this, what would they have to do to convince you they were dating? [A pause.] You know the other thing is that we have to be careful this doesn't bite is later for being too biased toward each other. It's a balancing act.
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[ And that's all that comes from him on that subject. His girlfriend broke up with him like, a few days ago. It's sore. ] I don't know, act like it in public? Do what couples do. Are you going to have a problem with that? [ Pretending like he doesn't have a problem with it... ]
I don't think that'll be an issue. Innocent kids would want to see killers come to justice. If we thought our sweetheart could really be a murderer, we wouldn't defend them.
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"What couples do." If you're asking me if I'm going to have a problem pretending I'm swapping spit with you on a regular basis...[A shrug. That's not an answer and he knows it.]
That's a good point. If you actually killed somebody I'd out you immediately to stop it no matter how much I liked you. It's just about convincing everybody else that that would be the case. For the most part though...sounds like we're on the same page.
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[ Mostly he just wants to know. He raises his eyebrow when Luke says he would out him if he killed someone. Adam, personally, doesn't care as long as Luke doesn't kill him. ] We're going to have to prove ourselves in the trial, then. Make it look like we really care about justice being done.
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As for the rest...I absolutely care about justice or whatever. [That's reassuring.] Or, at least, I care about not getting myself killed and that's probably close to the same thing. Trust me. I can prove myself just fine.
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That's why I think you're a good pick, anyway. You have something to get back to, don't you? You're going to do whatever you have to in order to get back.
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...but I do. I've got a job to do and I'm not letting something like this get in my way. Don't you? You have things to get back to and your magical trees to protect, right?
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I'm sure they'd like me to get back. [ He's not sure if it's something he actively wants. Still, he wants to be alive. ] Whatever you have to do to get that, I'll help. Least I could do, right?
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...okay. [He considers again before nodding slowly, getting to his feet.] I think we've got a deal. We shouldn't stay in here for much longer though. We can work out the rest of the details later.
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Then he steps away from Luke to leave the sauna. ]