ballies | ACE

Because we're dealing with murder investigations and an emphatic "no" might mean the snooping comes from warrants and home invasions instead?

Huh.

[ there's an underlying "you need a warrant to do that" that he won't say but that might be obvious from the look on his face ]

I feel like someone looking at your house is still better.

Somniums are open to interpretation, and influence. They can show you might know something about a situation, but they're not valid as evidence in court. We can only use them to guide us to something we might've missed, or a line of inquiry we might not have thought of.

A bit easier to talk your way around than finding a murder weapon in your house, right?

... Then why do you use it as a first resort...?

Because we're looking into complicated cases? We investigate first, it's if we find someone who's hiding information from us that the Somniums come in handy.

... I don't know if I totally get it. Even if I was guilty, I'd still rather not share my memories, I think!

[ don't PERCEIVE HIM ]

Annnnd that's probably why we're a government mandated secret!

[ yeah! ]

Yeah, makes sense. Government would definitely hide something like that back home too.

[ the joke is it does ]

I know the people actually on the ground do actually want to do good with what we have. They're sincere about that.

There's another reason as well, but I'm really not talking about that one. [ lol. lmao. ]

[ she does laugh though. ]

Yeah, they are usually out to keep inconvenient things, or things that benefit them swept under the rug.

Aw, c'mon, don't tell me it's another big secret you can't share?

Honestly, talking about the Somniums are kinda weird anyway. It’s not like I’ve ever talked with them outside the handful of people who know about them.

[ like she’s doing something she shouldn’t and boss is going to emerge from behind a bush and dock her pay. (she doesn’t get paid) ]

But what about you? If you’d want to avoid a Somnium, does that mean you have something to hide?

I'm a wanted criminal, Tama. What do you think?

[ it's said lightly ]

A wanted criminal turned superhero… that must feel weird. Unless it’s one man’s villain is another man’s hero?

Trust me, there's nothing heroic about me.

[ "jailbreak?" Yeah ]

I dunno. What do you think a hero is, anyway?

[ honestly, attempted jailbreak is more heroic that manipulating the news to make manslaughter look like calculated villainy so. ]

Probably someone who thinks a lot about doing the right thing for everyone. [ among other things, but. ] I'm not that kind of guy. If there's something I want to do, I just go for it. That's it.

And that probably makes you as much someone's personal hero as it could make you someone's personal enemy, you know.

[ no running from this. ]

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I really don't see that happening.

[ <= it has happened ]

[ yeah i am zero per cent surprised by this. ]

You never know. I could.

[ hm. he looks surprised ]

... Thanks, I guess?

I think a hero's someone who just... tries their best for people. I don't think it has to be someone who always succeeds, or who always does what the law says they should do. Laws are flawed in and of themselves.

[ she shrugs. ]

Someone who does what they think is right, even if it's the harder thing to do. That's better than someone who blindly follows laws without thinking about them.

[ well, that is pretty much what ace said he thought a hero really was, so he shrugs as well ]

Yeah. That sounds about right. But I'm not that kind of person. I told you, I just do what I want. I'm a selfish kind of guy.

Sure, but you'll align with some people along the way. Even if you are just doing what you want.

Yeah, I have, and most of 'em were other pirates.

You really do live in, like… the golden pirate age, huh. [ asking how many pirates are in one piece would probably be like asking how long is a piece of string. ]

If there’s that many pirates out there, then I believe my “matter of perspective” theory more.

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