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[So. Hisoka had a lot to think about, since meeting her father. And more to...marvel and be kind of terrified at after her father did what she asked, technically.

So after she left a very large basket of baked goods at a completely random address, she went and pestered various of Retsu's coworkers for all the publically available data on these slavers she could get. It's possible bribes of cookies were involved. Or they just gave her copies to make her go away. Either way, today's an off-day for the bakery, so someone's been busy with a map and the files. The pattern she's pinned out doesn't mean much to her. But it might to someone who remembers Makoto's reign just a little bit better. Or more specifically, remembers Makoto's generals...

Besides, working on this distracts her from thinking about the other things that are upsetting her right now. So, you know, she's still there on the floor (the map was too big for a table), files and papers everywhere, poking at this long after it's started to get dark and people should be heading home.]

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[It's not often he has to just step over her to walk in, but he has and closed the door rapidly to keep the chill from following him in.]

They say you made a bit of a pest of yourself at the office today, Hisokaaaaawhat're you doing?

Thinkin'.

[Hisoka this is not just thinking. But she does sit up from the cold and
look up and. Blink.]

...Wait, what time is it?

Half past six. If I hadn't come home now you'd have likely been frozen to the floor by the time I did.

[Seriously, he'll just looking down at the map a now and... kind of slowly tilting his head to one side.]

[It's...definitely showing where all the slavers have been known to steal folk.

...Isn't that an actual formation those points are forming...?]

Wha--Oh! Oh, I forgot to start dinner, aa--

[Annnd she's off, which will leave him with the map and papers. It can't be just this bothering her, if she's this distracted. And honestly...if he heard any of her conversation with Lidan, it shouldn't be hard to figure out what actually is.]

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[He didn't actually. Someone spent most of her time trying to provoke him into acting in a manner unbefitting an officer of the law and the state -- which is to say for a dude with a reputation of being a bit of a psychotic mad dog he actually has some willpower.

He will stand and study the map and consider a few things, though. He doesn't like this pattern.]

[Well, delicious smells are soon coming out of the kitchen, but he's probably got a little while to consider.

Of Makoto's old generals, most of them are dead. Obviously General Thorne still lives, by virtue of being canny enough to keep his fucking head down. Two generals were killed in Brigit's escape. Two more the resistance's Witch killed in their own homes--no one else could have caused a curse like that, not even Betrayal. Two went missing, never to be heard from again...and one was stripped of his rank and banished, never to be heard from again, right around when the current Chief took office, wasn't he? A surprisingly lenient punishment, from Makoto, but...hm.]

[Well, it is definitely something for him to consider. There are theories about what happened to the missing general, theories like "you can't really run from people who are professional killers no matter how good you were with the former ruler of the nation" so he's not worried there. But the man who was dimissed... something happened there. Some history. It's not often a guy gets protected like that, even after falling from grace, and it's one of the very few topics, along with what happened to his family or what happened at the Northern borders 28 years ago, that the old Master Judge won't talk about.

So now it is Retsu's turn to crouch down and examine, and deeply consider what is going on here.]

[How much he can suss out really depends on how much he knows about that general.

But, Hisoka's coming back out, since dinner is on the table and smells ridiculously good, and kind of...blinking at him.]

Retsuuu...?

Seems kind of obvious, when we lay it all out like this.

[But he'll stand up.]

Ah?

[Man she knows the pasta and meat and garlic bread smell fantastic but what?]

Let's worry about it after dinner.

[He will finally shrug his coat off, hit the decoupler that keeps those "floating" plates Renn is so proud of in place, and head for the kitchen.]

[Oh Retsu. You and your shirt allergy. She at least only flushes a little now, and even smiles a bit.

Dinner is fucking amazing, because of course it is.]

Say, you didn't mention there was a second elf among the Judges.

[...Please take the time to be properly horrified she somehow found Renn. Horrified for whom is...a really good question.]

That implies he ever leaves the labs. His wife could have remarried and moved back home, for all he gets out of there.

[So yeah, absolutely no love lost between those two.]

...Pretty sure she'd stab him before it came to that.

[She's not saying Kohane's fucking nuts, just that, well. Elf-chick is kind of terrifying.

But she goes a little quiet after that. Bringing up Renn may have been a...segue into something else. Certainly she didn't need to bother him to get all the papers...]

...Hisoka you're staring at me. What is it?

[He's perceptive for a guy who is trying to wolf down a meal, apparently.]

Ah--Um. [She jumps a little, but settles quickly enough. She knew he was perceptive, she just...wasn't aware how obvious she's being. So she ends up running a hand through her hair and sighing a little.]

....There's...some things I should probably tell you, from the other day, but I didn't...really know how to bring it up.

Well staring at me until your dinner gets cold isn't going to tell me. What is it?

...That man told me, I didn't inherit only my mother's powers. [She has to drop her gaze down to the table, or she'll lose the nerve to talk about any of this.]

I never knew about anything other than being a healer--and I barely knew much about that, let's be honest--but...he said there was something else. Influence on the people around me.

I didn't want to believe it, so I went to find someone who would be able to tell.

[That...would explain why she was harrassing Renn--he's probably the only living person left who really knows enough about the three sorrows to actually be able to tell ~~since Kohane doesn't talk about her silver tongue.~~

It's probably easy to infer what the answer he gave her was, too, but if she's exerting any influence now, even unintentionally-- it's not working. Something's dampening it, although the effect's clearly not perfect. ]

Retsu, I--If I...if this power's been with me all along, then I've...

Who cares? If you inherited his powers and sometimes things go your way because of them, that's hardly your fault, right? You didn't use them on me intentionally and it's not like I'm going to yell at you or throw you out into the street or something.

[He's poking at the food on his plate.]

Seriously. Don't be stupid. Unless you need me to react somehow so you'll stop worrying, then what's the point?

[...the urge to pour water on him would be strong if she were anyone but Hisoka. As it is, she just sort of...sighs, kind of like a deflating balloon.]

...Seriously? I go and harrass a grumpy elf for something to dampen this because I don't want to have forced anything about how you feel, and you react like I told you it'll snow all week.

[Another sigh--and then she just kind of laughs.] Well, it's fine. In the end, you being a cantankerous bastard is part of what I love about you.

[...Oh. Hisoka, Hisoka that's not nice.]