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"Gone fishing."

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[Kate, that's horrifying. You know how Baltimore is with their secrets.]

She didn't. She touched a few of the things in my shop, but she's not the only who has. It won't work that way, will it? They've all been handled by multiple other people at this point.

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It's also linked to the significance of the connection. If she lingered on something, given her involvement there, it might lead to something, but honestly ... no promises.

And I think you'd have something on hand already even without my explanation.

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She picked up a pen, but that's really it. She didn't linger at all. Sort of in and out and on to the next thing. I had assumed she was headed back to wherever house she was put in this time around, if she wasn't put in the same.

Thanks for the offer, though.

[And they had been talking about her murder (as well as Abigail), does Kate really need to pick up on that? Is it worth the risk? Does she want to have more dirt on Baltimore being dirty?]

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She may have also known that it was a good idea not to linger. To not touch anything.

Either way, I can verify that I haven't seen any Freddie Lounds remarks lately, and obviously, she hasn't been updating her site.

Whoever this is can only do a portion of the "job," so to speak.

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[He thinks to mention that no one can do Freddie's job without having her things, and Will would know, considering he took a good portion of her things. But that might sound wrong, and it might lead to a conversation that he has been trying to not have with too many people.]

You were an avid reader of Tattlecrime, too?

[He's careful to add that "too" on there—look, Kate, he's accepted and doesn't mind presenting his status as a follower of Tattlecrime, no need to stand on pretense. He has no room to judge.]

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Oh, yeah, it gave me lots of ammo. Did you read the BS about Spider-Man throwing her off a building? She was desperate for page clicks.

[It's a harsh take on Freddie in the wake of everything, but it's the truth. There's no need to hide it now.]

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[oh no]

I follow Tattlecrime more attentively than I do the Network, of course I saw it. Seen it every day since. Keep thinking it'll pop up something new and she'll be drawing everyone's attention to it in the next 10 minutes.

[There have been harsher, it's all right. Part of dealing with Baltimore is knowing the natures and dangers of the beasts all around, he's not going to be offended by a less than pleasant take on Freddie Lounds. Desperation is a far cry from stupidity. Even predators get desperate. It's all good.]

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Well, if it does, make sure to have someone [here, she types "like Skye check it out," but she has to backspace, as Skye is gone] check it out for IP addresses and the like.

Look, I know I haven't been the most sensitive about this, and I'm sorry. I guess focusing on this new mystery is easier than that.

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It's fine, Kate. Really. I'd rather people be honest about Freddie and what sort of person they thought she was than trip up trying to be polite. I don't think there's anything anyone here could say that would be as insensitive as some of what's been said about her at home, either.

She's just one of those kinds of people. Nothing to be sorry about. Freddie never was.

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No, she wasn't.

I'll keep an eye open and let you know if I see anything, okay?

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Okay. Thank you.

[He'd say he appreciates it but he's already said that, and even though it's true...overkill isn't what he's going for. Communication, so difficult.]

If there's anything I can do in return, let me know. Officially or unofficially.

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Sure thing. I can probably handle that.