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⠀ 🧪 : a well rounded team that also fits his general abilities to blend in unsuspectingly . an extremely capable trainer who battles to gain information from others .
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⠀ so eerily good at his perfected performance .
⠀ “ you should tell me about this segment . I’m never in the lab long enough to meet everyone , you know . ”
⠀ it’s over . . . but he could let that sink in later .
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⠀ another segment . . . he could feel his blood run cold as hands clutched tightly together in front of him .
⠀ “ I see — you don’t have to reason it , I get it . I - I’m just surprised that I’m only just now hearing about it . ”
⠀ a soft rested on his lip — +
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⠀he stands there completely still for a few moments before a saddened smile came to his lips . he was just too late , he couldn’t expect phi to wait around forever .
⠀“ I didn’t know you got engaged , my apologies for intruding . you should tell me about them . ”
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⠀ and keeping his head down as he stared at the holes chewed into his arm .
⠀ it didn’t hurt , that wasn’t the problem . it was the devastating amount of emotional damage that he suffered . . . and how a gloved hand came up to wipe away the forming tears .
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⠀ and perhaps this is the one time where his true , unmasked act would come to an end momentarily . tragically . much alike a performer now forced to tend to their wounds , to break character .
⠀ “ . . . please ? ”
⠀ his voice is quiet , almost a whisper , +
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