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Bella arrives early to her next gym class, too. Delaney's not there yet, which is annoying, because he knows how to solve a puzzle.
Charlie knows a few things about Delaney and his family. The most interesting thing is this: Delaney appeared in the hospital with broken ribs, once. He did not do this crowing about how much fun it was to be stomped on/thrown down the stairs/whatever. He did this with no explanation at all. Charlie doesn't need victim cooperation to press charges for battery - but he does need someone to press charges against.
And no one at school saw a thing.
Audiences, indeed.
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"Not that easily, hm? I suppose I could always try asking nicely, if no other information presents itself; I got this far in about a day." She smiles. "Are you likely to piss me off?"
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"Oh? You do both kinds of pissing people off, then? I suppose there'd be no point to deliberately annoying someone who demonstrably," she gestures at the mat, "cannot beat you up."
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"Even if all you did was lie there I would wind up kicking myself in the nose or something embarrassing like that, and that would be if I wished to beat you up. Not all aversion to violence is self-preservation or concern for the wishes of the..." She mulls over word choice, decides there isn't a better term ready to hand. "Victim."
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"Mm." She changes the subject. "My dad knows your housekeeper. Hilary. They're friends."
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