Even though we're so sharp, even if we tell a lie, no one's gonna know til we fall back [Monday W9]

[chiseler]

[It's far too early in the morning. It's early, maybe 7am or so when he makes the (probably) poor decision to seek out Dorian. It's been bothering him since the trial ended. The entire set-up, the fact that they had dragged him and Adam and Grell into this, everything about the scenario sucked. And yet he wanted to understand a little better. Doesn't hurt that Adam thought highly of the man and Luke himself had respected him to a point.

It's not hard to find Dorian's room on the way back to his own. It's a little harder to negotiate with one of the kids guarding him but at least he promises not to kill the guy and seems to alleviate those worries while placating them enough. It takes effort, but Luke's always been one to demand answers. He doesn't speak immediately by the time he finally gets to Dorian, though his eyes are narrowed and he's keeping his arms folded across his chest.]

I wish I could say I was even surprised by all of this.

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[chiseler]

Then in that case we find a way to block her from getting into our heads. Makes her about as dangerous as the aliens. It becomes a matter of making sure we don't believe anything she has to tell us. But if Bull was convinced...how many other people will be, too.

Adam said you'd also been tracking people's behaviors and stuff after the aliens came into play. That true?

[tevinteriscoming]

It is. I don't know if any of what I've found is useful. It relies on the theory that the aliens can manipulate their hosts' actions, but I'm not sure they can. If they can't, there's truly no way to be sure.

...Well. There is one way. Elizabeth acted as soon as she learned of Hancock's role. They're hostile to the third parties. I'd felt certain Bull was not one, as he had a different role to play. Now, I feel rather persuaded I am not one. I knew his role for weeks, and didn't harm him, though I could have done so easily. Arguably, perhaps a parasite in me decided to let Bull's murder play out. But I should note that it is for this reason I had nothing to do with the selection of the victim; it would have been too easy for a parasite to manipulate. And in the end, he would have gotten away with it and resigned all too easily, had he not decided otherwise.

[chiseler]

Generally speaking when somebody's possessed, whatever's possessing them has a good amount of control over their host. Just…throwing that out there. [But let's not talk about that.]

I hadn't realized the timing was that close, but that's a good point. It's not hard to imagine they'd be hostile to someone actively working to either help us or be against them. The two aren't exactly mutually exclusive. They've struck me as the kind that will bide their time. Maybe they did want to play out Bull's murder…but then again I think we'd have a little more backing if you were one by now, too. The other thing I wonder is if they can choose to swap hosts whenever they want or if they're bound when they choose one.

[He narrows his eyes slightly.] I'm just glad Bull decided otherwise. I'd rather focus on this than potentially be dead.