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"I don't know." Bella slumps into a chair. "How did it happen? If you wanted to, it would've taken ten seconds to warn me."

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"I was just going to talk to him," he says, "the thought of fucking him didn't cross my mind until much later in the evening - I told him I should tell my girlfriend first, he said I'd never done before so why should I start now, I told him his logic was terrible, and he... did something distracting." Ripper sighs.

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"And you didn't tell me simultaneously with telling him you ought, or simultaneously with critiquing his logic, because -?"

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"I was much too drunk to have two conversations at the same time."

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"...The fact that he got you drunk first is lending support to the 'he should not be allowed on Saturn' hypothesis."

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"Isn't it just," says Ripper.

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"Were you drunk enough that I shouldn't be holding you responsible for the event at all?"

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He sighs.

"I don't know. I could have just not gotten drunk with him in the first place and saved all this trouble."
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"Yes. I don't really know what being drunk is like, I don't partake - please help me figure out how to factor that in."

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"It... makes it easier to do things I'm going to regret without realizing how much I'm going to regret them," he says. "Then again, so does Rayne."

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Ripper shrugs.

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"I clearly don't understand the effect this person has on you, and that's clearly key to understanding what happened well enough that I can process it."

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"I don't think I understand the effect he has on me," Ripper admits. "We were friends for... a long time. He never got me into any trouble he couldn't get me out of, but he did get me into plenty of trouble. We've had our fights before, but he always came back and I always let him. This time... I don't think I want to let him." He sighs. "He obviously has a different plan."

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"What does he want with you? Why would he even object to you notifying your girlfriend?"

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"I have no idea why he objected to me notifying my girlfriend. With Rayne, it could be anything from 'part of some elaborate plan' to 'didn't want to wait five more seconds'."

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"How worried should I be about the elaborate plan possibility?"

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He opens his mouth.

He closes his mouth.

He says, slowly, "I don't think he knew I was seeing somebody before I mentioned it..."
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"But now he knows."

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"Yeah," he says, "and I'm pretty sure the only reason he didn't want me telling you was because he knew you'd want to know. Ugh, I am such an idiot."

He flops into his comfy chair.
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Bella sighs again. It appears that this is a sigh-inducing topic.

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Yes. Yes it is.

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"I'm still not clear on whether or not you were sufficiently impaired that I should maybe be considering this an instance of rape instead of an instance of voluntary cheating."

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Ripper winces.

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Bella reaches for his hand and squeezes it.

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