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[Mulder has noticed the horrifying thing about the latest wave of newcomers, and it's really starting to get to him. There's got to be some kind of twisted Malnosso logic at work, right? And a reason why all these wingless people are still alive and well?]

What happened to all of these New Feather's wings?

[And with that, Agent Mulder is heading out ALL OVER THE PLACE to investigate and check out what kinds of newcomers they're bringing in. Maybe he'll find some kind of pattern, a method to their madness... OR NOT.]

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How rude!

[Don't be so quick to think you know which side to stick that label on, Mulder. What's worse? An unpleasant girl comfortable in her own darkness, or the one who pretends to be sweet and good while letting the worst things happen and excusing the worst crimes because it was her friend who committed them?]

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[Yeah, something is definitely wrong with that, seems like this one is an unpleasant experiment.]

You're the one who's calling the village pathetic. How can you say that if you don't know anything about it?

[waterfell]

I do know it! [It can't quite be called angry, but her voice is firm and clear at that.]

That fool tried to kill me here. I'll pay him back for that.

And, I made sure that girl died for it instead.

[most_unwanted]

[Ok, hand is going toward his gun. He won't draw it yet, but all the threats are not sitting well with him. Mulder has an... uneasy hunch about who she means.]

Who are you talking about?

[waterfell]

[She pronounces the name precisely.]

Mizuno Ami.

[She's either insane, or she's truly distanced herself from her former self that much. It's not a time paradox; her world went very differently.

She smiles pleasantly as her eyes drift to Mulder's hand.]

Draw that, and I won't have any problem taking you out, either.

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[Mulder is trying, trying so hard to proceed with care on this. It's not like he can exactly arrest her, and he's seen what Ami... what the regular Ami can do. He remains tense, unwilling to back down but not going to try anything too rash. Yet. Maybe. For the real Ami's sake he isn't just going to let this go.]

How could you just kill your other self like that? Who else have you harmed?

[waterfell]

[She frowns slightly to herself, with the effort of remembering.]

I don't know their names.

However, Tsukino Usagi also died on my sword. [The one she does know, the name engraved in her no matter whether from love or vengeance.]

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Usagi... [Mulder has spoken with her, enough to know of the friendship that's normally there.]

Isn't she supposed to be your friend?

[waterfell]

The best! [The sarcasm there should be more than evident given what she's just said beforehand. She smiles brightly.]

[most_unwanted]

[Yeah, he catches that. He's so unsure about these Non-Feathers, he doesn't even know where to begin speculating. Clones. Evil doppelgangers. Some other messed up experiment...]

The real Ami would never harm a friend.

[waterfell]

[She'd hate telling Mulder it, but the Ami he knows has hurt Usagi, and her other friends, even in Luceti before she healed.

This one simply remains flippant.]

I got tired of being that way! Besides, I have no intention of letting that girl go unpunished.

[most_unwanted]

She didn't do anything to deserve punishment... neither did your other self.

[waterfell]

[The facade drops immediately - along with the air temperature, which is now decidedly frigid.]

Ignorant!

[Mulder has said the one thing that could infuriate her, for one simple reason:]

That girl already destroyed Earth.

So are you a fool running your mouth without knowing anything?

Or is that nothing, to you?

[most_unwanted]

[Well, yes, yes he is. Sometimes. Mulder can't believe what he's hearing though...]

That can't be! You expect me to just take your word for it!? She wouldn't do something like that...

[waterfell]

[Based on what, Mulder? Ami glances away as if it doesn't matter very much.]

If you don't know enough to listen, you can be one of her victims.

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[Based on having a good idea of her true character by now!]

I trust her more than I do you. I'll take my chances.

[waterfell]

Good luck to you, then!

[She has the smug assurance of knowledge on her side. She's been there.]

However, I won't.

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I won't let you harm her.

[waterfell]

[There's a cold pause. And then the most cold of replies.]

Human filth is irrelevant to this.

[most_unwanted]

You're wrong about that!

[waterfell]

[She is. In her world, she seen what humans can do if they truly come together. She's seen their power, and power is something she respects.

However, here, where she feels pushed and challenged, and unheard... It's easier to slip into this mask.]

Where am I wrong?

[most_unwanted]

In dismissing all humans as 'filth.' I won't pretend the species is perfect, we've made our share of mistakes, but you can't reduce us to such a generalization...

[waterfell]

Spoken like someone who doesn't want to hear how low he really is.

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Or maybe I'm saying it because I don't believe that!

[waterfell]

Humans are easily manipulated and destroyed. What's good about it?