'just don't skip town'

"I didn't really understand this part."

"Excuse me?"

"The third part here. So was she lying?"

"Who? What third part?"

"Marigold Duplin. The manuscript."

"... Don't you have your own case? Don't you know?"

"Well yeah, but this is about you. About what you know. Your view. And this case of yours- you and your friends -"

"... You didn't read the rest yet?"

"It's kind of hard when they weren't even numbered. I barely read through it, there's a lot. But I specifically wanted to talk about this part."

[ SMILE ]

"Now, what's that smile for, kid?"

"I can't spoil you. You'll have to read it in full."

"... Okay, kid, I mean come on. You basically dump a box full of jungled up shit on our plate and you just tell us 'Here, here's the case. Have at it.' and none of this is labeled. Like. At all. Only the manuscripts are and we're still trying to build the timeline for most of the messages together, you know?"

"Okay. But as I said. I can't spoil you."

[ SIGH ]

"... Is she innocent at least?"

[ SMILE ]

[ SIGH ]

"Alright, alright. I'm going to read."

"Well... I'm going home now. The officer says I don't need to stay, that we can draw this out and I've been awake and-"

"Yeah, yeah, just don't skip town. We're going to go through this together."

"Wouldn't dream of doing anything else."

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