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Sebastian takes another sip of his soda, mostly to give himself a moment to stop himself from giving another snarky comment. Jedao isn't who he's angry with, after all.

"I am certain he could come up with a reason to complain. But... as you say. I will keep your offer in mind."

With doesn't necessarily mean he'll take him up on it: he's still rather married to his no-fighting-back tactic, but he can manage not to be a complete bitch about it. To Jedao, at least.

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"Very possibly. But you get to not care about his complaints, is the beautiful part," Jedao points out. He regards Malcolm with an odd, soft smile.

"How about this, you passive-aggressively let her maul you as much as she can in the time it takes me to get up five flights of stairs, and then you let me bounce her out like a basketball away from you. I just...I hate the idea of you getting hurt because he can't or won't control her. I would consider it...a favor and an honor, if you would let me protect you."

He really, really wants to. He hasn't spoken to Malcolm yet about Edwin, but Malcolm's got him dead to rights when he calls Jedao a protector. That's what he wants, at least.

"Well, obviously I won't make you promise. Thank you for your consideration."

Moving on.

"Provided no one is in comas or other extenuating barge circumstances, I propose a time period of three days within which to alert one another to any chatter on the respective filters. Is that agreeable?"

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"I am usually not very easy to hurt, you realise", Sebastian counters, in spite of how Jedao has seen him very hurt. He hates being thought of as needing protection, but it's... simultaneously such a novel experience to have people stand up for him that he doesn't quite know what to make of it. There's no bite in his tone.

"Extends the offer only to dealing with Miss Kikimora?" It's not a terrible compromise, either way.

"As for the filters... that seeems acceptable to me. To clarify, neither one of us is expected to share private conversations meant only for ourselves?"

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"If someone else were offering similar behavior, the same solution would still serve, so no, the offer could apply to anyone, I suppose," Jedao agrees.

Jedao is willing to float anybody, if it reduces the amount of stabbing everyone has to deal with.

"And that's correct - only the general all-wardens and all-inmates filters will be shared."

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Sebastian nods, accepting both terms.

"I can provide a transcript of Mr Bright's ledger page by tomorrow."

Is it stupid of him not to insist on a favour in return for it? Possibly, but then, having Jedao jump through hoops to get Sebastian information he's not very interested in seems like a waste of everyone's time.

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"You are, as always, a gentleman and a scholar," Jedao murmurs warmly.

He doesn't quite commit himself to I owe you one - Sebastian could make a lot of hay out of that and would lose all respect for Jedao if he were stupid enough to let it happen. But perhaps if there is something Sebastian wants later, he might call upon the fact that he did do something for Jedao for free, once.

Even if Jedao thinks Sebastian quite enjoys being able to tell on Malcolm.

"Would you like to stay for a game or do you have other pressing business?"

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Most people would have thoughtlessly blurted out an I owe you one, as a politeness if nothing else, and the fact that Jedao doesn't is certainly something Sebastian notices. It does indeed speak well of Jedao's intelligence. Goodness knows it's important to be careful with your words around demons.

"I am not currently busy, no."

Sebastian doesn't necessarily enjoy playing games, but he does enjoy the challenge of getting better at them.

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"I certainly wouldn't want to impose," Jedao insists, eyes twinkling.

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Sebastian gives a little half-sigh, half-chuckle.

"I would not mind playing a game with you."