He huffed, but continued pressing buttons and even moved to the side just slightly so Lucasta could better see the time stamps and data files he was looking through. His face had settled into a soured expression, either because he was failing to find information he could use or because Faustite’s name curdled on his tongue.
“I’m sure we could send Murikabushi a message from here, he’s probably in the system. But I agree with Lucien, be careful if you talk to him. Even if he has the best intentions at heart, Faustite knows how to play on those. Wouldn’t surprise me if he’s using Murikabushi and intends to toss him aside as soon as he loses utility. But, for the time being, it might be worthwhile to ‘work together’. I don’t trust the Negaverse but I’d rather not waste an opportunity to keep Earth out of harm’s way because we couldn’t pretend to play nice. Maybe Murikabushi can get information from Faustite for us. He’s probably not very clever if he thinks Faustite’s on his side, but I’m sure Faustite must think the same. Hard to use someone who’s smarter than you, so he’s probably feeding Murikabushi whatever sweet little lies he needs to in order to keep him complacent and loyal. So if you do talk to Murikabushi, just be smart about it. We need the information anyway. I just hate to see someone else get hurt by Faustite. Maybe when this is all said and done we can try to talk some sense into him before Faustite ruins his life, too.”
Guine
Sunshine Alouette
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