villainy commenced [[1x1 w/ the-nug-king & hexspecs!]]

[the-nug-king]

"Right. So. If there was something that I... felt like I should tell someone... but this person knew what I had to tell them already, and I knew they knew it... does it matter, if I don't actually tell them?"

[grey matter]

"Well, assuming someone knows something is the best way to get miscommunications and misunderstandings. You can tell them if it'd improve something or... like, make you feel better about it to have told them. I'd ask why you're asking, but I'd assume the game is over now. So only answer that if you want to."

[the-nug-king]

"It's not... DarkBoard has some mind reading capabilities. They are able to know everything about us. It's not an assumption. They know. I know they know. They know I know they know. And so on. All of which is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. And whatever we said earlier, I still feel like a coward for not actually telling them. I don't know if I'd feel better if I did. I want to, and I really don't. I'm sorry."

[grey matter]

"Why are you sorry? It's alright. If anything, we're at least going to be cowards together. Addressing room elephants is hard in general. Though, depending on what it is, it might just be... like, a room mouse or room bug. Nobody's gonna mention it even though both are aware, and that's just a thing that happens... albeit probably more when it comes to DarkBoard. But in general... as long as it's sustainable, you can feed the room animals and just leave them living in the background. Or you can slay them right where they stand. I- oh, oh no, I've started using metaphors about euphemisms to explain things! Darn it, Lazarus..."

[the-nug-king]

"Yes. I am unsure about what conclusion to draw from... that amount of metaphors. I feel this... may be bigger than a room mouse but... are you able to explain what feeding and slaying these room animals entails, in this situation? Are you saying I shouldn't say anything to DarkBoard?"

[grey matter]

"No- no, I mean... slaying as in confronting the issue? Feeding the issue as just awkwardly letting it linger? And... perhaps a room... uh... isopod? Cat? Polar bear?"

[the-nug-king]

"I think the issue here is that we're talking about a... conversation topic, rather than some kind of animal. All right. I will... attempt to bring this conversation topic up and confront it. Thank you."

[grey matter]

"Yes, that works. Sorry for convoluted explaining methods. I think Lazarus has ruined my sense of explaining things in the typical manner... I blame it on the time he tried to make a robot and I tried to write poetry. We both did... very amateurish jobs."

[the-nug-king]

"...I can imagine. Was that some kind of competition? Who won?"

[grey matter]

"It was a contest until Lazarus almost broke the equipment I learnt him while I desperately asked him for a word that I didn't remember that rhymed with "orange" but he said there wasn't one when I was pretty sure there was. It went downhill from there."