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[supermarket]

( ring, ring. guess who's calling you )

voice

[medals]

[a beat, then: ]

Hiya.

[supermarket]

( he is the most distraught sounding older brother in the whole world right now. as in: he jumps right into it and his voice takes on that slightly hysterical pitch that it does when he's really upset. )

He tried to kill me. Simon. I found all these knives underneath his bed and he admitted everything. The undead prophet told him to kill me. Because I'm the First Risen, apparently - whatever the fuck that means.

[medals]

[She's quiet as she listens, but there is a stone cold fury that builds quicker than she can keep up with. The very thought of anyone hurting Kieren again has her livid. But he doesn't need her anger right now; he needs compassion. ]

Maxine Martin kept going on about the first risen. She thought it was -- she thought it was Amy.

[Her voice is tight, her hands shaking. ]

Did he hurt you here? If he even tried to, I swear to god I'll kill him -

[supermarket]

And that's why she killed her. I know. That's -- that's why Bill killed Rick, because he was so sure that there'd be a Second Rising and it's such bullshit --

( just. the sheer ignorance of it all makes him want to burst. )

He didn't. He said he couldn't go through with it, but he had the knives and he was following me -- that's why he was at the cemetery that day.

I can't. I can't trust him after that.

[medals]

[Some of teh anger dissipates into relief. He's safe, here. He'll be alright.

But there's something else; a guilty conscience. She doesn't want to say this, but: ]

Don't. Don't trust him.

[but but but. ]

But -- Kier, he took a bullet for you. He very nearly took my bullet for you. I don't --

[ugh, words. ] I think he's dangerous.

[uuuuuuuuuuuuuugh. ]

But he took a bullet for you instead of letting Pearl shoot you.

[supermarket]

( jem walker: managing to be the voice of reason between the two of them )

I know. I just looked at those knives and all I could see was Rick, lying there with one in his head and I just.

I had to get out of there.

[medals]

Get some space for a while, yeah?

[get some space because she's gonna murderize this big loser. ]

Then talk to him, maybe. About why he changed his mind -- about why he even said yes in the first place.

[Then, gently: ]

He's not Bill, Kier.