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‘I need to know how to navigate this,’ Sicily says without preamble. ‘That wretched man has a bee in his bonnet about me. Thinks I have something to do with George’s death and I was trying to put it on you.’

‘Did you? And were you?’ Downey asks.

‘No and no. It was there when I found George, just as I said. The thing is, I don’t have an alibi for the time in which it happened.’

‘Right.’

‘And I know how the evidence looks. I am not so stupid as to believe that if I have nothing to hide I have nothing to fear from the police. I wasn’t born yesterday.’

‘I was never going to suggest such a thing. The Watch are horrid and I wouldn’t trust any of them an inch.’

Sicily tilts her head in slight acknowledgement of the one thing they apparently agree upon. She pours herself more tea, adds milk afterwards. She should add it first, Downey thinks, if she truly wants to be a proper lady as she is so clearly attempting to do.

Downey and Sicily said ACAB but only because they’re both terrible and don’t want to deal with the repercussions of their actions. They like to fuck around and aren’t interested in finding out.

Vetinari: do stupid things, suffer stupid consequences.

Downey: sounds like something that happens to other people. I have money, didn’t you hear? I shouldn’t have to face the consequences of anything I, or people around me, do.

Vetinari:

Vetinari: get out of my office.

#Downey does finger guns and walks out backwards #lord downey #discworld: the place where nothing actually changes really #it's only because vetinari is in charge #that things are marginally better than they were under snapcase #80% of that population is still on the breadline I bet #and once Vetinari carks it - who knows #that's the issue with dictatorships - you might get a good one who is alright but there's nothing in place to ensure it remains thus #all of Vetinari's weird little things that show some chercks and balances are aesthetic only #and only because he is willing to play the game too - if tomorrow he decides he isn't going to play the game. well. tough luck.#he's the man with the vote.#also he's still disappearing people and having people assassinated he doesn't like or who cause him trouble - like Gilt #pretty sure whoever inhumed that asshole didn't leave a reciept which makes it murder #anyway #none of this matters #thus always #thus always the redux #writing

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