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[rubikscomplex]

are you going to meet up with him?

[ecks]

[She isn't sure yet. This is a very big lie that Alfie is asking her to tell.

She tries it on for size.]

yes

[rubikscomplex]

[His heart skips a beat. Fucking Alfie Solomons and goddamn her. She shouldn't matter.]

then don't bother calling if he hurts you
find another doctor

[ecks]

why?
will you not help me?

will you be angry if I do something I know will hurt me after you have told me not to do that thing because I would get hurt?

[rubikscomplex]

i'll be angry that you're doing something stupid purely to spite me
you're trading solomons for freaking stuffed animals

[ecks]

you spite Royce purely to spite him and that is a stupid thing

[rubikscomplex]

but i don't do it to spite you

[ecks]

I would also trade with Alfie for the fake animals
not only for spite

[rubikscomplex]

you literally just made my point
you're not doing this out of spite
you want them
and you're an idiot with mn poisoning
who might walk into a trap because you want them more than you care about keeping away from a guy
who has guys who murder people on the regular

[ecks]

and then he and Duster would kill me
and you would suffer
and you would feel guilty
and then maybe you would stop.

Alfie thinks that you would stop
Alfie thinks that if I meet with him and then do not use the network and pretend that he has killed me you will stop
I do not know if he is right
I think maybe he is not right because you never stop being a stupid moron and dying for stupid moron reasons

that is why I am ruining the plan by telling you about the plan

[That's not the entire reason. It's not even the main reason. The main reason, the one that hurts to think about, is remembering what Doctor Watson told her about trust.]

[rubikscomplex]

[There's actually a long delay on House's end. Alfie was playing him. Playing with him, and he fell for it, hook, line, and sinker. If Ecks hadn't said anything...]

meet with him if you want
don't tell him you told me his plan

[There's another delay, and then two words.]

i'm sorry

[ecks]

[The apology is so unexpected as to be baffling. She doesn't understand how to accept it.]

I have not decided if I will
it is possible he is lying to me

I think you should go somewhere Alfie and Duster are not

[rubikscomplex]

everybody lies

but i'm not going anywhere near those two if i can avoid it

[ecks]

I know
you are all liars
now I am a liar also

Alfie is coming to the pass soon

[rubikscomplex]

[Relief washes though him.]

welcome to the club
it sucks
tell me if he gives you trouble

[ecks]

why?
why do you want me to tell you if he gives me trouble?

[rubikscomplex]

because then i'll know if i need to be worried about him coming after me again

[That's totally it.]

[ecks]

that makes sense

[In that case, she might actually tell him if anything happens.]

you tell me if he and Duster hurt you

[rubikscomplex]

fine
talk to you later

[He's so not going to tell her.]