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[toesies]

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[fisherwoman]

[She's hesitating for a moment even after the memory ends, waiting to see what that shock is going to fade away to reveal, but when it lingers...]

...Yes. That's what I'm used to.

[toesies]

[The only thing the shock gives way to, eventually, is concern. Endorsi???]

That's horrible! Why the fuck would they make you fight your way through that?

[fisherwoman]

[A beat, before, as gently as she can possibly put this:]

All of us were there by choice.

[toesies]

[Hm. Still bad! Her concern continues to be there.]

... Okay. But can we acknowledge the fact that, regardless of whether you signed up or not, it's pretty fucked up that it exists anyway?

[fisherwoman]

Maybe for you...

[respect her cultural differences, sheila?? (do not.)]

But it's just a part of my home.

[toesies]

No offense, but I am extremely concerned for your home.

[She will not respect these cultural differences because they suck.]

[fisherwoman]

[Shrugging! Much too casual about this, probably, but.]

We're from very different places, I'm guessing?

[toesies]

Extremely different. In my world, I could go to jail for what I did to Gary? Which is super unfair because, being attached to his dick made him such a terrible person.

[fisherwoman]

[???]

What? Why would they send you to jail for defending yourself?

[toesies]

Yeah... The law doesn't like it if you defend yourself too effectively?

[he died it's fine]

[fisherwoman]

What a stupid law! You should just ignore it.

[she says, like it's just that easy...]

[toesies]

Unfortunately, law enforcement is real.

[IF ONLY...]

[fisherwoman]

Law enforcement...?

[Oh No]

Like, a member of the guard?

[toesies]

The national guard...?

[????]

Mostly, I mean the cops.

[fisherwoman]

What's a cop?

[toesies]

... Oh, that makes so much sense.

[Staring into the proverbial sun, explaining nothing.]

[fisherwoman]

[After a long moment:]

Were you going to explain, or...

[toesies]

Yeah... I should.

[Still staring at the proverbial sun.]

Okay. So cops are like... what we do at trials? Except they get nice cars, money, and they actually catch people who break the law. But only sometimes. And most of the times, don't.

[fisherwoman]

[...]

Why do they get those things if they’re that bad at their jobs?

[toesies]

You know, I'm not actually sure...

[fisherwoman]

That seems like a pretty stupid system, if you ask me!

[toesies]

Right? Someone should do something about it.

[fisherwoman]

The person in charge of all of them doesn't just fire them to find better people?

[toesies]

[She shakes her head.]

If that were the case, I wouldn't have spent years living between two cops. One of them blackmailed my family, and the other signed up for the police to ride a horse on the beach.

[fisherwoman]

And you didn't do anything about it?

[(endorsi voice) normalize murdering your neighbors]