[round 4] ~WEB COMMUNICATIONS~

[15unknowns]

If you need to talk to the Stewards, speak near a spider and a cobweb will appear, projecting the voice of whichever one deigns to answer...

Or you could just go track one of them down like a normal person.

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[15unknowns]

[there is a mutter from the beyond cobwebs that almost sounds like "tell me about it"]

Oi! Don't get ahead of yourself, asshole! What if she wants to side with Big Sis too, huh?!

But shit, if it's like that, as long as neither of you betray us, I can make sure she doesn't wind up a suspect. Ain't a big loss for me. She even helped you get away with it, if you really think about it.

[yonosoymaria]

She did... my God, you're right. She did.

[He sighs. Deeply. It's not quite relief, but it might sound like that over the spider-wireless.]

[15unknowns]

[The Steward hears that deep sigh. Sounds like a soft spot to poke at. His voice sounds sly and conspiratorial.]

Think it was on purpose?

[yonosoymaria]

[It is the easiest most tender place to dig in a hook, your Stewardliness... but aren't hearts always?]

I'm beginning to think so. Even with what she said after - even then, she said she believed in me. Or had believed in me. It's something, at least.