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[ When Joel's face appears on the screen, he's not screaming. He's not stalking the room in rage or setting the library on fire.

He is calm. Eerily so. He glares unblinking into the camera, brow furrowed, silent just long enough to become unsettling.

He has the look of a man who hasn't slept in the last twenty-four hours. ]

I know it's probably the mansion what took Ellie. That more'n likely, none of you had anything to do with it.

If I find out otherwise, I will kill whoever's responsible.

[ end feed. ]


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Tess.

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[shivving]

[ Don't try to out-badass Joel, little girl. ]

I ain't accusin' anyone.

[ Yet. ]

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[choosetruth]

[She'll out-badass whoever she damn pleases.]

Then you're making vague threats against an unknown party that we all know probably doesn't exist. Besides, on the off chance someone besides Wonderland were responsible, this would only make them less likely to be caught.

[shivving]

[ She can try. ]

There ain't nothin' vague about what I said.

[choosetruth]

[She arcs an eyebrow behind her sunglasses. Disdain. One of the few facial expressions actually helped by her sunglasses.]

If that's the part you're focusing your argument on, I take it you realize I'm right about the rest of it.

[shivving]

[ Joel is not about to get pulled into some stupid Wonderland-internet argument with a teenager. Particularly not now. ]

I ain't got time for this.

[ And he abruptly hangs up. ]