[Rose needs to talk to Kanaya about this; she needs to talk to Spider-Man, too. But -- she can't stand Kanaya being made out to be this horrible while Norman skirts by unharmed. ]
She wasn't in her right mind, no matter what she says. I'm sorry, Kate. I want to tell you what happened, to clear her name at least, but I suspect I ought to be talking to a lawyer and Spider-Man first.
Just please understand that she wasn't in her right mind. She didn't mean to do this. Any of it at all. She wouldn't have, if she'd been aware.
It didn't sound like her. Kanaya gets on my nerves, but it's hard to buy her as the calculating killer. That isn't the person who's been angering me for months.
We have our personal reasons for disliking each other. Ones that just became abundantly clear. (FYI not a spoiled brat unaware of the ugliness of the world.)
[She had to say it somewhere. Finally. Rose is as good of a place as any.]
And this sounds a bit hypocritical coming from me, but you don't have to handle this alone.
I know you're not. Kanaya is just -- she's Kanaya. Sometimes you can get through to her and sometimes she's more stubborn than she has any right to be.
Spider-Man has been ... involved. I'm not as alone as you might think. But thank you. He is probably less reluctant to share the details of this whole mess, if I'm honest. He has nothing to lose.
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She wasn't in her right mind, no matter what she says. I'm sorry, Kate. I want to tell you what happened, to clear her name at least, but I suspect I ought to be talking to a lawyer and Spider-Man first.
Just please understand that she wasn't in her right mind. She didn't mean to do this. Any of it at all. She wouldn't have, if she'd been aware.
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So, you don't have to clear her name to me.
And as for lawyers, have you met Matt Murdock?
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I'll fix it. I'll also keep his name in mind, thank you.
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[She had to say it somewhere. Finally. Rose is as good of a place as any.]
And this sounds a bit hypocritical coming from me, but you don't have to handle this alone.
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Spider-Man has been ... involved. I'm not as alone as you might think. But thank you. He is probably less reluctant to share the details of this whole mess, if I'm honest. He has nothing to lose.
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But if you're ever up for sharing, I'm here.
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And ... good luck with it.
[And she'll try to stop arguing with Kanaya about it.
Probably.]