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[retroductions]

But I am... almost certain.

[Plainly.]

It must be, even if it is a particularly... Ah. Love-hate relationship?

[fujimaru]

No?!

[ But now she's thinking about it, scrubbing at her face hard with both hands. ]

If there's anything like that, no one told me!

[retroductions]

[He doesn't mean to embarrass her, or be the reasoning behind these sudden revelations but... Also. Is a little amused?]

Do you think, perhaps, it is something you merely have yet to consciously realize yourself?

[fujimaru]

No way!!

[ Sholmes please. Please. She has gone about as red as her hair, though whether it's embarrassment or outrage, it's hard to say.

(It's both.) ]

That's not--no one would--hey?! No??

[retroductions]

[SORRY NOT SORRY]

Then how do you explain it? I am ever so curious as to your reasoning.

[fujimaru]

I don't know?! But it's definitely not--there are plenty of people who have a good reason to hate me, but I'm pretty sure there's no love in that...!

[retroductions]

Hmm... [He does seem to consider how possible the strings have made an error.] I have not seen a case in which these strings are wrong, though perhaps it is not completely impossible, or improbable.

[fujimaru]

Sholmes-san, as the adult between the two of us, please pleasantly lie to me and tell me that they're wrong...

[ But this is just performative whining and she doesn't really expect to be accommodated. ]

I'm just pretty sure everyone who would hate me has no real reason to make it a love-hate thing, either.

[retroductions]

I cannot, madam! Know that I am only a purveyor of the truth and nothing but the truth.

[Except when he lies because he has to.]

In that case, why don't you tell me what you think it could mean?

[fujimaru]

How am I supposed to know?! Maybe they just love to hate me! Does that count??

[ But she is more red out of embarrassment than upset or teenaged dramatics, because the longer she's thinking about this, the more it feels slightly plausible, and boy she doesn't want to think about that. ]

[retroductions]

Perhaps...?!

[Dramatics or not, he doesn't want to give her an EXISTENTIAL DILEMMA that cannot be given resolution here.]

Or there are very well-hidden feelings you were unaware of until now!

[fujimaru]

Maybe it's that... yeah, it's probably that...

[ She doesn't sound convinced, but she does take a few deep careful breaths, mostly to center herself. This is fine. ]

When it comes to how someone feels about me, I can only really operate based on what I know, right?

[retroductions]

Precisely. Or inquire further if you believe there to be some change that you require clarification on. But I imagine that is not feasible.

[fujimaru]

Yeah... I guess if I tried hard, I could summon a version of the people in question, but--it wouldn't be the same. It wouldn't be the ones I knew.

[retroductions]

A version? Such as... an alternate version? Much like "Sherlock Holmes" is to me?

[fujimaru]

Yeah, actually, except their names would actually be the same.

You'd be surprised at how many alternate universes I can apparently dabble in. I'm constantly surprised by it.