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[bossyboiler]

"Winter has trigger words. I don't know what they are. He doesn't know what they are."

[abrightboy]

“How do you know he has them, then?” Malcolm asks carefully.

[bossyboiler]

"Because he asked Yelena if she knew what they were."

[abrightboy]

"And she didn't," he concludes. The reason Kate doesn't know. "How did you use that knowledge to feed the Entity?"

[bossyboiler]

She shakes her head a little. "I'm not quite sure but it's a secret. And from what research that I've done, the Eye likes dangerous secrets."

[abrightboy]

"Then doesn't that mean the sensible way to avoid feeding the Eye is not to have secrets, dangerous or otherwise?" Malcolm asks logically.

[bossyboiler]

"What do you do if the secret isn't yours to share? I mean, I shouldn't tell you that Winter. It's not my story. But if I keep it to myself I'm feeding the Eye." Kate groans. This is an incredibly difficult position to be in.

[abrightboy]

"If you really had kept it to yourself, you wouldn't be feeding the Eye. It's the dangling that stirs the emotional reaction it's looking for." He shrugs a shoulder. "I won't make you tell me Winter's secrets, but they would be safe with me. I'm his friend," Malcolm points out.

[bossyboiler]

"That's it. I've told you what I know." She shrugs. She doesn't understand why Malcolm won't tell her what a horrible person she is.

[abrightboy]

"And how do you feel?" Malcolm asks her.

[bossyboiler]

"Terrible, Malcolm. I feel terrible."

[abrightboy]

"That's what makes you not a bad person," Malcolm informs her.

[bossyboiler]

She doesn't feel better. "Are you sure?"

[abrightboy]

“Yeah. I’m pretty much an expert on bad people and you’re not one,” he replies.

[bossyboiler]

"I feel like a bad person though."

[abrightboy]

"Yeah, well. Bad people don't," he informs her.

[bossyboiler]

"Are you sure?" Because despite what he says she feels like a horrible one.

[abrightboy]

"I literally specialize in the psychology of Very Bad People," he reminds her.

[bossyboiler]

"What if I'm just good at faking it?"

[abrightboy]

Malcolm laughs.

"Sure," he says lightly. "That's a thing."

[bossyboiler]

"You're laughing at me?" Kate stands up. "Here I am with a genuine worry and concern that I'm a horrible person in disguise and you're sitting there laughing at me?"

[abrightboy]

“Kate,” he says, leaning over with earnest and putting a hand on her arm, “when you say funny things, people are going to laugh.”

[bossyboiler]

"I'm not being funny on purpose, Malcolm. I am expressing genuine fears and concerns to you and you're laughing. You're not being helpful!"

[abrightboy]

“I told you the answer,” he points out. “If you won’t accept it, what do you want me to do?” he asks reasonably.

[bossyboiler]

"I don't know." Kate hangs her head. She really doesn't know what she wants. He doesn't have any reason to lie to her.