[He doesn't want to deal with this right now. He's angry at Alfie for not telling him what happened earlier. He could have prevented this if he'd known. He wouldn't have told Ecks he was with Duster. He wouldn't have let her just roam the house freely.]
He's dead. Ecks for House. Tried to stop her. Tried to save him. Didn't work. I'll meet you at 49. Have his things for you for when he wakes up. Because I'm not really interested in a bloodfeud, if you've got a problem with what Ecks did, you can take it out on me. I'm sending her off until I deliver Duster's things. I'll be keeping an eye on her from here on out.
I could've stopped this, Solomons. If I'd know that Duster murdered House. If I'd known that Ecks knew about it.
[Because Ecks doesn't understand why what she did was wrong, and he's not going to let this stupid cycle of revenge continue. He expects Alfie might murder Ecks. For a proxy? Probably just torture. He can deal with that. He can deal with anything right now. John feels numb, and it's nothing to do with the cold. His own tone is just flat.]
All right. See you later in the day. I'll inform Tifa if you don't plan to.
Roger. I should be at the building by early morning. I'll just stay long enough to hand his things over. I have extra food that was meant for the people searching the tunnels, too. You can have that.
I need you and Tifa or anyone else going with you to bring it to her. I'm meeting with Ms. Carter down south. I was going to give the food to Ecks to carry in, but she'll be coming with me now.
Okay. [Right. He'd forgotten about that, but it makes sense.] I'll leave everything on him, then, and just bring you the food. [Focus on the tasks. Focus on moving from one point to the next.]
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He's dead. Ecks for House. Tried to stop her. Tried to save him. Didn't work. I'll meet you at 49. Have his things for you for when he wakes up. Because I'm not really interested in a bloodfeud, if you've got a problem with what Ecks did, you can take it out on me. I'm sending her off until I deliver Duster's things. I'll be keeping an eye on her from here on out.
I could've stopped this, Solomons. If I'd know that Duster murdered House. If I'd known that Ecks knew about it.
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Yeah.
[He sounds curt, but not exactly angry. Anything else he's feeling, he's hiding. He's good at that.]
Not gonna fucking come after you.
[Seriously, why would you even offer yourself up as a revenge proxy, Watson. That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.]
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All right. See you later in the day. I'll inform Tifa if you don't plan to.
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Listen, leave most of his things on him. They'll appear with the body if he wakes up, yeah? Don't want to put him in the same situation I was in.
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[He's not really up for much discussion now.]