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[puffing]

[ first off: don't ask questions about the username. Bigby assumes it's subtle enough considering no one here knows him as the Big Bad Wolf, but he doesn't really... realize... the implications of the abbreviation he chose. oh well.

there's more pressing matters to attend to. ]

Not even here a goddamn month and shit goes to hell. Because of course. So much for peace.

[ on camera is a man who doesn't seem very pleased with the current chaos of the recent bombing. a moment is given to take a drag of his cigarette between words, blowing a puff of smoke straight towards whoever is watching. ]

I need information on the fugitives. Don't care if you're best friends or you've crossed paths with them once. Backgrounds, real names, affiliations, common hangouts. Also addresses on where they live. Give me a scent to work with and they'll be found.

[ another inhale of nicotine before he smothers the embers on a nearby surface. he's still as displeased as five seconds ago. ]

Also don't really care if they're in deep with this Shady Fucker or just a matter of "wrong place, wrong time". They have questions to answer one way or another. Got a problem with that? Take a wild guess on how I feel.

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[puffing]

What the fuck is so special about this Rocket guy that everyone thinks he is incapable of being a criminal?

[ other than. you know. being a raccoon. Bigby doesn't know that part yet. ]

If you're so confident they didn't do anything, help me find them. This "Shady Man" may think they're a liability, which means I'm not the only one looking.

[uglybug]

Rocket is not that type of criminal. [He's a thief, she's sure, and he did try to bite her once, and he's kinda... cranky on a good day.] I have seen him try to save people.

No. [She doesn't trust that you have their best interests at heart. No offense.] I will do it.

[puffing]

But he is a criminal.

[ he would have never assumed, but this lady's gone and filled that blank in for him. even more reason for Bigby to be looking for this fella now. ]

Listen, I know all about the Robin Hood mentality. No one is looking to put him as the face of this attack. All we do know is that he did aid and abet the leader of this... organization of some kind, intentionally or no.

[ and that's okay. he doesn't trust she can do such a thing on her own, either. ]

And how do you expect to do that? You go way back with this guy or what?

[uglybug]

He has been good to me. That is all that I need to know.

[She's acutely aware that admitting that she's only known Rocket a very short time would not go over well at all. So she prevaricates, just like Rocket would do. She's learning.] I knew him before the Storm took my home.

No. All we know is that someone has blamed him and others for it. I will not let them be blamed for something that I know they would not have done. There is a reward involved. I do not believe that anyone looking for them has their best interests at heart.

[puffing]

If you say so, lady. Just know that tight lips helps no one but yourself. This includes your friends.

[ Bigby knows there's more to this than she is letting off, but he doesn't push the subject. he is learning to control his aggression to a certain extent, okay. as much as he doesn't care about first impressions, someone once told him he could attract more flies with honey than vinegar. ]

You're right. People are financially motivated. I'm not one of them, though. Believe what you want. Not really interested or focused on making you choose, because my time is better spent elsewhere.

[uglybug]

My name is Mantis. [If she's going to live a free life, she's going to live one in which she is called by name. 'Hey, you' and all of its variants do not work.]

I have no way of knowing if you speak truth. I know my friends do. [Good enough for her.] You can go hunting if you'd like. If you hurt them, then I will find you.

[puffing]

If you say so, Mantis.

[ he corrects himself. it probably sounds like he's sassing off, but he's actually trying to be respectful to a degree. ]

Yeah, yeah, I get it. That's just a polite way of saying snitches get stitches. The whole "friend code" thing, I mean.

[ what are friends. regardless, even if Bigby can't read through the lines and decipher if she's hiding information from him or not through the network, he believes her. that probably doesn't mean much, but alas. ]

Relax. As much as I enjoy people threatening to find me, I'm not looking to hurt anyone. ―Yet. ―Much.