allstarz / kate

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Week 6, Saturday

[sootprints]

[ after trial, kate can be found sitting in a chair in one of the terminal hallways, taking slow, shaky breaths to steady herself. ]

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[ Oh, Kate. ]

Kate? [ Announcing so he doesn't just surprise her. ] Are you okay?

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... I'm okay. I just need a moment...

[ her voice is a little weak and wobbly. ]

It was just... a little shocking. All of it.

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[ Comes to sit by her. If she doesn't flinch, he'll put a hand on her back. ]

Yeah. It doesn't get old even after all this time.

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[ she accepts the touch. ]

And those cases... I thought maybe I had it figured out, and then it turned out I didn't know anything at all...

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[ Pausing. ]

About Dante and Jacopo?

[sootprints]

Jacopo's... I really have no idea.

... But I thought I understood Artemy's.

[damp]

Rupert killed Jacopo.

[ Blankly. Not much reason to hide things now. ]

What did you... think happened with Artemy.

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... He did?

...

Oh...

[ there's a moment to just let that sink in. but it gives a little clarity to her thoughts. ]

I thought it had to be one of us... on our team.

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[ Oh. ]

It... isn't?

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I know that everyone thinks I did it. But I didn't kill Artemy.

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[ Yes, he definitely thought that. And stopped looking at the case as soon as he did. ]

Oh. I'm... That's a relief.

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I thought it had to be Dante or Maya. But Dante was innocent. And I couldn't see any marks from Claire's on Maya...

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Then someone else that Artemy was close to, with dark hair.

[ He has no idea outside of their team. ]

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Maybe...

We should have kept looking.

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... We thought we had it figured out.

[ they didn't even consider using the item for artemy ]

I guess we'll find out soon enough.

[sootprints]

... Right.

I don't know when our deadline is, exactly... but everything should come to an end soon.