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“You two have ht?”

“Briefly,” Plath said Then added, “I don’t drink”

“Yes, you do, yeah, not a lot but on occasion,” Lear said srilass aside

“If we’re going to be friends, you’re going to have to get into the spirit of things,” Lear said, her face darkening

So Plath picked the glass back up and followed Lear’s direction to sit, sit down, take it easy, relax

Plath sat She saw the TV, currently on a YouTube of a burning house Where it was she had no idea Bug Man sat stiff and wary

“I did it,” Plath said

“Did it?” Lear asked

“I blew up the Tulip I gave the order to Caligula Then I followed the breadcrumbs here”

That had the desired effect of throwing Lear off stride “Are you trying to tell me that—”

“Did I knoas you behind it?” Plath interrupted “Yes After you killed Jin it was obvious that he had failed you, somehow Was it that he found out the reason you’d ordered him to wire Vincent?”

Lear, s “In a way Nijinsky hated you He didn’t like being pushed aside for soet cold feet Developing a conscience”

“I didn’t want to die choking on ht it very hard I could have sentBut I could see where it was all going”

“Oh?”

“I came to like the idea I ca of it It was brilliant It was genius It’s historic”