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Danni was very blunt in her message.

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…can’t he use Danni as a “loophole” to talk to her? Like that overused trope where 2 people refuse to talk to each other and use a middle man to speak, even if they’re like 2 feet away from each other.

Theoretically, but since the topic he wants to bring up is her involvement with Deconstruct Me and how her mother died, I don’t think he wants to route that through Danni. I think the best he can do is to somehow bring up that he thinks the official story is false, to give Kleya a hint that he might not be her enemy.

If Danni will tolerate that… seems unlikely.

There is not really a polite or friendly way to do that. About the best that I can think of is:
B”You’re Kleya’s friend? You would help her if she were in trouble?”
D”Yes?”
B”There is something I want her to tell me, but she could be in a lot of danger if she did…”
D”Then she shouldn’t.”
B”I think she knows something that could help be find the cyborg…”
*Bluescreen cascade error*

It broaches the issue of the cyborg being involved without directly implicating anyone. It gets a read on Danni’s opinion, likely confirms Kleya=cyborg from her reaction while largely confirming Bandit=Jake to Kleya, and basically gets al the needed information out with a good chance of Danni continuing to be friends with Kleya even if she is cyberphobic. I still just don’t see it ending well…

I vote that Bandit starts by telling Danni his real full name, because he already knows Danni’s. That’s a perfectly innocent thing to do.

What these two are forgetting is that trust takes TIME to build. So rushing into talking to her is a bad idea, BUT, just by being there, UPHOLDING HIS PROMISE by NOT trying to talk to her… That will go a long way toward gaining a smidge of Kleya’s trust.

yes, but that wouldn’t be interesting to watch 😛
nor would it be in character.

I vote he uses his understanding of D to provide messages that only Kleya can see.

Precisely right, thank you! The old phrase, “My word is my bond,” still has meaning on a deep psychological level for most (all?) people, and the only way to prove it is to consistently demonstrate that you will keep your word, no matter how insignificant the promise may seem. Coincidentally, that’s also why there’s a saying about patience being a virtue, because it takes patience to build trust. 🙂

We’re all talking about Jake having patience. But what about Kleya? Of the two, I suspect Jake has more patience.

Plus, the silent treatment never works. Inevitably, the person who wanted the silent treatment winds up mad that the other is actually being silent and starts yelling. 😀

“Danni was blunt” Dude, if Danni gets any more blunt she’s going to circle back into Absurdly Sharp Blade territory

Bandit to Dani with Kleya nearby. “once upon a time I had a best friend, I lost track of her during the ending, I have reason to believe she survived and now I am trying to find her and see how she has changed since and find out of we can still be the best of friends”

Still not gonna work, Dude. Give it up for now and take what you get.

Poor Dude lost some weight, at least around the torso. 🙂

Alright, Bandit, try to pretend to fake wanting to be Kat’s friend without talking to her. Fun times ahead! 😀
You know, because Dr. Grace says he should fake it but he actually wants to be friends again, so he just pretends to fake? Yeah, looking forward to it.

Another way to put it is Danni was very Danni in her message. She is nothing but blunt in her interactions with other people.

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