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"This is Near. I assume you know what to at this point."
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(Good luck ever getting video from him. But if you want to . . .)

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solvethepuzzle

[It's true that he never had to fight very hard to stay on top; he is naturally gifted and makes no apologies for that. That perhaps is part of it.]

Why should I? That someone could compete was refreshing. [Nobody else could measure up. Could Matt have, if he'd bothered? It doesn't matter. And Near had never held any contempt for him either as he hadn't been a member of the fawning crowds. Indifference, but not contempt.]

From:

unitas

Ah. I'm guessing you never told him that back then? [ Things have changed between Near and Mello now, she knows that. It kind of seems like their whole relationship could have been different if things were just done... right, whatever right really means. Maybe as children they were just too different. Even now, they may as well be as different as night and day. ]

From:

solvethepuzzle

I should not need to spell everything out for him.

[There is more to it than that. It would have been showing a weakness, a crack in the armor. Not something he had been about to do back when they'd still been competing, and something he'd been loathe to do even here.]

From:

unitas

Some things you do. Like that, for instance. It can help someone in ways you probably couldn't understand.

From:

solvethepuzzle

There had been enough clues for him to figure it out then, had he taken the time to look at things more objectively.

[Yes, he is defending this by framing it as respecting Mello's intelligence. Which he actually does.]

From:

unitas

Clues are all fine and dandy, but when someone isn't picking up what you're putting down, it's time to change tactics. [ no matter their intellect. ]

From:

solvethepuzzle

Who said I was leaving them deliberately?

[One or two, perhaps. But even those he more expected Mello to take as taunts or attempts to hold leverage.]

From:

unitas

You're telling me you expected him to catch on to clues that you didn't even realize you were leaving? Someone needs to sit you down in front of a television and put on some PBS.

[ you need some social skills near and only elmo can do this right ]

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solvethepuzzle

"Expect" is a strong word.

Why? [Look, it's not that he hasn't heard of PBS, he just doesn't know what kind of programming is on it. Why should he? Nobody at the House has had a normal childhood to the point where it's arguable none of them have had a childhood at all.]

From:

unitas

Because you need help only Sesame Street can give you. Oscar the Grouch has more social skills than you and he lives in a fucking trash can.

Sesame Street is a children's show, by the way, to help children develop important skills like counting, and how not to be a total dick.