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That's on you. What do you know about this guy? Or what can you guess, seeing as he's at least a little bit you.

mostly he's a bullshitter.
not just lying about stuff to hide it or keep you on your toes.
it's like he lies just for the fun of it or something.

keeps trying to convince me certain things happened that never

you know.

He did spend a lot of time trying to convince me he was my Mirror.

What things?

seriously?

[What the hell, Mirror Tim?]

at first it was really vague stuff like saying such and such was my fault.
like standard b-movie horror stuff you'd see written on floors in lentils or something

then he tried to make me believe a friend of mine never existed.

He didn't even attempt to mimic my handwriting. It was a pretty sloppy attempt.

Really? In an insinuating you were hallucinating way or something?

pretty much.
or that i was losing it.

[An easier feat than one might assume, given the state of Tim's mind, but there's no way he's letting her know that one. It's hardly relevant anyway.]

it wasn't very good in terms of a lie but it made sure i didn't trust a damn thing he said.

He's not making much of an effort to hide his untrustworthiness. Sloppy, depending on what his goal is.

guess thats his gimmick.
or maybe that's what he wants?

i don't know. i don't like any of these things.

Yep, not my favorite Mirror I talked to.

[Not her least favorite either, but that's mostly because she had the distinct pleasure of talking to her own Mirror and Shaun's Mirror and that was an extremely unpleasant experience.]

He also said you have evidence in your pocket. Any idea what that means?

[Oh that little asshole. Tim grimaces, grateful they're speaking over text.]

nope.
but like i said good luck trusting anything he says.

[The best lies are wrapped around grains of truth. Georgia's a terrible liar and even she knows that. She'd bet anything Tim's lying to her now. She doesn't trust anything either Tim says.]

How about an eyeless thing watching me?

[Shit.

Shit. That fucker. He saw fit to drag her into this too, did he? Little prick. That's just fucking perfect, huh? That's exactly what he needs. Another Jay to dig up all his secrets.

He can't let this happen again.]

no idea.
sorry.

[He is definitely full of shit. Silly her, getting up her hopes that he might actually cooperate.]

You do understand that I need something to work with if I'm helping you, right? If you're going to play dumb you should have just said no from the start.

[Goddamn it George. He's doing this to protect people.]

alright fine.
whatever he said about an eyeless thing?

you need to leave it alone.
i don't mean that lightly.

[Thank fuck he's at least talking now. Even if he's telling her to leave it alone and that goes against her every journalistic impulse. Then again, so does investigating what his Mirror was so clearly trying to push her into investigating. It's possible she's just contrary.]

And what makes this different from all those other times you've told me to leave things alone?

Look.

there's a reason i don't tell you this stuff.
i wasn't lying when i said i knew someone like you.
he was really interested in getting his answers and it ended badly.
so just
don't

Please.

[It takes her a moment to respond. Partly because it's a hard call to make. He challenged her to quit and wasn't wrong when he pointed out it would be more of a challenge than giving up.

But... she never wanted to be a martyr, and as much as she wants to charge forward always without fear, she knows Tim's Mirror was setting her up. And it's not like she's the only person she has to worry about. She's not sure if Shaun would recover if he lost her again.]

Okay.

Thank you.

[For one of the few times in his life, he means it.]

Just promise me one thing.

If it becomes something that threatens more than just you, something we need to know about in order to fight, tell me. Or tell someone who isn't me, I don't care. Don't keep information that can save us to yourself.

[God. Promises. He doesn't do those, really. Mostly 'cause he's not usually in a position to keep them.]

i don't want it spreading to anyone else.
fine.

[She actually types out spreading? then deletes it. No. She's not investigating this. She said she wouldn't, and she means it.]

Thank you.

I'll let you know if your Mirror pulls any other crap.

alright.
and i'll let you know if he does anything else.