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[holbydelboy]

"Hey, this is Fletch. You know what to do."

BEEEEP

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[ironrule]

[It's almost touching.]

In that case, I'll tell you the same thing I told another Foreigner in your position. The night I returned home after Milyn's death, Meisheng was missing. I haven't heard from her since then, nor have I been able to find her.

[Which is perplexing, but not quite for the reasons Yunxu is letting Fletch assume.]

Yunxu, you tease.

[holbydelboy]

O-Oh, really?

[He's not hiding his surprise quite as well as he should.]

A-Any reason you can think of why she'd go missing?

[Besides... murder?!]

Always.

[ironrule]

[Yunxu notices that surprise. Frowns. Tucks it away for future examination.]

Until this occurred, I would have said she was loyal to me without fault. I can't fathom where she might have vanished to.

[holbydelboy]

No one who might, I dunno... wanna kidnap or.. otherwise?

[Or pretend to be her and murder someone?]

[ironrule]

[There's a pause.]

Kidnap... Meisheng?

[Yunxu sounds completely and utterly baffled. What. What. Where are you going with this, Foreigner.]

[holbydelboy]

I, uh, well, I dunno... It could happen, right? I mean, you said it yourself, there's no reason why she'd disappear, right?

[Floundering a bit here.]

[ironrule]

[There's another pause while Yunxu considers this. He honestly hasn't thought of it before, because the idea of someone wanting to kidnap Meisheng -- let alone being capable of doing so -- is so utterly alien as to be inconceivable.

But really? Fletch has a point.]

If you believe someone kidnapped Meisheng, who do you believe killed Milyn?

[holbydelboy]

I didn't say the two were related.

[Because he didn't. Although, now he's a bit suspicious.]

And I have no idea. I don't claim to be an expert in Keelial politics. I've only been here a couple months.

[ironrule]

For someone who isn't an expert in Keeliai politics, you have seemed to worm your way right into the middle of an interesting dilemma, haven't you?

[Not that Yunxu's saying Fletch is putting on the innocent act, but.]

I'll be interested to see how you resolve it.

[holbydelboy]

[A soft snort.]

Yeah, now I wished I'd stayed in bed...

I probably won't. Knowing my luck, it'll get ten times worse and I'll have a price on my head by the end of it.